All Outputs (2)

A history of olive and grape cultivation in Southwest Asia using charcoal and seed remains (2024)
Journal Article
Deckers, K., Riehl, S., Meadows, J., Tumolo, V., Hinojosa Balino, I., & Lawrence, D. (2024). A history of olive and grape cultivation in Southwest Asia using charcoal and seed remains. PLoS ONE, 19(6), Article e0303578. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303578

Evaluating archaeobotanical data from over 3.9 million seeds and 124,300 charcoal fragments across 330 archaeological site phases in Southwest Asia, we reconstruct the history of olive and grape cultivation spanning a period of 6,000 years. Combining... Read More about A history of olive and grape cultivation in Southwest Asia using charcoal and seed remains.

Provisioning urbanism: a comparative urban-rural zooarchaeology of ancient Southwest Asia (2024)
Journal Article
Gaastra, J. S., Lawrence, D., & Tumolo, V. (2024). Provisioning urbanism: a comparative urban-rural zooarchaeology of ancient Southwest Asia. Antiquity, 98(398), https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.24

Historically, urban centres are seen as consumers that draw in labour and resources from their rural hinterlands. Zooarchaeological studies of key urban sites in Southwest Asia demonstrate the movement of livestock, but the region-wide application of... Read More about Provisioning urbanism: a comparative urban-rural zooarchaeology of ancient Southwest Asia.