This is the first book to present a comprehensive, up to date overview of archaeological and environmental data from the eastern Mediterranean world around 6000 BC. It brings together the research of an international team of scholars who have excavated at key Neolithic and Chalcolithic sites in Syria, Anatolia, Greece, and the Balkans. Collectively, their essays conceptualize and enable a deeper understanding of times of transition and changes in the archaeological record. Overcoming the terminological and chronological differences between the Near East and Europe, the volume expands from studies of individual societies into regional views and diachronic analyses. It enables researchers to compare archaeological data and analysis from across the region, and offers a new understanding of the importance of this archaeological story to broader, high-impact questions pertinent to climate and culture change.

This book presents a comprehensive review of archaeological and environmental data between Syria and the Balkans around 6000 BC.

About the Author
Peter F. Biehl is Professor of Anthropology and Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of California Santa Cruz. Eva Rosenstock is Scientific Coordinator and Lecturer at the Bonn Center for ArchaeoSciences, University of Bonn.


Book Information
ISBN 9781107042957
Author Peter F. Biehl
Format Hardback
Page Count 436
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1430g
Dimensions(mm) 285mm * 221mm * 24mm