Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 214-225Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1179/1749631414Y.0000000032
Keywords
Late Mesolithic; Early Neolithic; C-14; Socio-ecological dynamics; Neolithisation
Funding
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1313727] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The Western Mediterranean, spanning southern Italy to Portugal, can be considered a single archaeological unit where the diagnostic characteristics of Early Neolithic contexts share common elements, marked by the spread of Cardium-Impressed ceramics. Although some consensus exists regarding the origin of these wares in southern Italy, the debate surrounding its process of expansion to the west remains open. Iberia is a key region for the analysis of the neolithisation process due to its location at the end of the Neolithic Mediterranean expansion. This view includes the problems linked with the mechanism of this spread and the evolutionary dynamics of the early agricultural societies. Our goals are to evaluate the rich archaeological and palaeoenvironmental database produced by recent decades of research in this area in order to address issues related to the Neolithic Transition. We especially deal with the role played by climatic events in the observed dynamics of the last Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic (ca. 8500-6900 cal BP).
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