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Timing the Western Mediterranean Last Hunter-Gatherers and First Farmers

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Times of Neolithic Transition along the Western Mediterranean

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Abstract

The spread of domestic plants and animals from the Near East towards the Western Mediterranean region is analysed using the current radiocarbon dataset relating to the last hunter-gatherers and the first farmers in the area. In order to do this, we have selected radiocarbon dates and built summed probability distributions and density maps, as a means of investigating the processes involved in the expansion of food production economies throughout this wide territory, in a ‘longue durée’ view, in accordance with a multiscalar approach covering both the general and the regional scenarios. This approach allows us to visualise the time of the expansion in this broad area, starting at the beginning of the sixth millennium cal BC, and to discuss the implied mechanisms in what seems, at least along the coast, a very rapid process: reflecting a mix of demic and cultural models with regional nuances.

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This research was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science grant HAR2012-33111 from the MesoCocina: Los últimos caza-recolectores y el paradigma de la neolitización en el mediterráneo peninsular and HAR2015-68962-P Evolpast: Dinámicas evolutivas y patrones de variabilidad cultural de los últimos caza-recolectores y el primer neolítico en el este peninsular (circa 7000–4500 cal BC).

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García-Puchol, O., Diez Castillo, A.A., Pardo-Gordó, S. (2017). Timing the Western Mediterranean Last Hunter-Gatherers and First Farmers. In: García-Puchol, O., Salazar-García, D. (eds) Times of Neolithic Transition along the Western Mediterranean. Fundamental Issues in Archaeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52939-4_4

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