palaeoclimatology is a basic approach for the neolithic archaeology. the world-wide climate changes during the holocene ca. 10th millennia bc was an introduction to the neolithic revolution and the emergence of early villages. early holocene climate oscillations changed the biogeography of iran. consequently, its temperature, fauna and flora had been changed during ca. 12800- 3500 bc; and final...

The paper aims at merging the first results from analyses of georesources exploited in site Piano dei Cardoni (Ustica island, Italy) during Neolithic phases its occupation (Middle-Late Neolithic, 4.7-4.2 ka cal BC). Grinding tools consist a very varied typology local volcanic rocks, easy to collect and available close investigated site. A selection shapes lithology is applied reach best perform...

Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is one of the emblematic crops Greece. Despite evidence early wine making in Aegean since Late Neolithic (ca 4500–4000 BC), hypothesis a local domestication grapevine this area hasn't be thoroughly investigated. In order to date first appearance domesticated and explore past cultivated diversity Aegean, morphometric analyses were performed on large data set 2223 ar...