the vegetation covering of a region has a direct correlation with climate. so if data is available for vegetation cover, the second variable (climate) can be easily predicted and in reverse. the dominant species in a region are indication of its climatic conditions and vice versa. accordingly, this is of significance in the science of historical botany. fortunately, from the first millennium ad...

Archaeological research in Central Eurasia is exposing unprecedented scales of trans-regional interaction and technology transfer between East Asia and southwest Asia deep into the prehistoric past. This article presents a new archaeobotanical analysis from pastoralist campsites in the mountain and desert regions of Central Eurasia that documents the oldest known evidence for domesticated grain...

Small islands are important model systems for examining the role of people in shaping novel environments and modifying resources through time. Here we report on vertebrate faunal assemblages recovered from two sites Ofu Olosega (American Samoa), which were occupied only a few centuries after initial settlement islands. We assess forager decision-making both locally regionally as well changing s...

This study focuses on the chronostratigraphic sequence of Cave Kaf Taht el-Ghar (Dar Ben Karrich, Tétouan, Morocco) excavated in 2012 framework AGRIWESTMED research project. The broad reveals a series occupations ranging from Pleistocene (Moroccan Aterian) to recent historical times. Our identifies rich Early Neolithic phase (sixth millennium cal BC) containing earliest pottery and domesticated...

the most important characteristics of the occupants of the second millennium bc in northern iran and its adjacent regions such as the provinces of east azerbaijan, ardabil, azerbaijan republic, armenia and southern russia, is the settlements containing castles with defense walls and huge stone graves as well using bronze artifacts and production of gray and buff polished pottery. the presence o...