Frank Hole

Biographic Data

ID101329
NAMEFrank Hole
GIVEN NAMESFrank
FAMILY NAMEHole
SIGNATUREHOLE F
AFFILIATIONSYale University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS41
TOTAL CITATIONS479
AUTHOR COUNT41
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1959
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX10

  • Ali Kosh

    Open AccessFrank HoleCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Global Archaeology2020

  • Cueva Blanca

    Kent V Flannery, Frank HoleBOOKCueva Blanca2019Cited by: 5

    Cueva Blanca lies in a volcanic tuff cliff some 4 km northwest of Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico. It is one of a series of Archaic sites excavated by Kent Flannery and Frank Hole as part of a project on the prehistory and human ecology of the Valley of Oaxaca. The oldest stratigraphic level in Cueva Blanca yielded Late Pleistocene fauna, including some species no longer present in southern Mexico. The second oldest level, Zone E, produced Early Archaic ma…

  • Drought stress variability in ancient Near Eastern agricultural systems evidenced by δ 13 C in barley grain

    Open AccessSimone Riehl, Konstantin Pustovoytov et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2014

    Significance Collapse and resilience of ancient Near Eastern societies is intrinsically tied to agricultural production. Despite intensive palaeoclimate research, the role of environmental conditions in ancient agricultural production is little understood. Stable carbon isotope analysis on cereal grains from archaeological sites provides a direct evidence for drought stress. This paper demonstrates that drought stress correlated with major climat…

  • A two-part, two-stage model of domestication

    Frank HoleCHAPTERWalking Larder2014

    Somewhat more than 9000 years ago, certain human populations in China changed their subsistence patterns from hunting to a more settled way of life and began to cultivate plants and to domesticate animals. Pigs especially were of economic importance throughout the period, since they could provide meat rapidly, ensuring a regular food supply for large groups of people, and organic fertilizer for farming. As a supplier of meat, the horse was of lit…

  • New perspectives on the use of kites in mass-kills of Levantine gazelle

    Open AccessM A Zeder, Guy Bar-Oz et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2013

  • Role of mass-kill hunting strategies in the extirpation of Persian gazelle ( Gazella subgutturosa ) in the northern Levant

    Open AccessGuy Bar-Oz, M A Zeder et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2011

    Continuous and intensive exploitation of wildlife resources by early agricultural societies had major ecological consequences in the ancient Near East. In particular, hunting strategies of post-Neolithic societies involving the mass killing of wild ungulates contributed to the eventual extirpation of a number of wild species. A remarkable deposit of bones of Persian gazelle ( Gazella subgutarosa ) from fourth millennium BCE levels at Tell Kuran i…

  • The Organization of Ceramic Production during the Susa I Period

    Frank HoleARTICLEPaléorient2010References: 3

    Mondialement connues et illustrées dans les livres d’art préhistorique, les céramiques de Suse I manifestent un très haut niveau de perfection dans le style, les proportions et les représentations. Cependant, les vases publiés ne représentent qu’une fraction de l’ensemble découvert dans la nécropole de Suse. Environ mille céramiques ont été restaurées montrant ainsi une grande gamme de styles et de compétences artistiques. La nécropole a probable…

  • Recent Advances in Middle Eastern Archaeology

    Open AccessFrank HoleARTICLEAnthropology of the Middle East2009

  • Drivers of Unsustainable Land Use in the Semi-Arid Khabur River Basin, Syria

    Open AccessFrank HoleARTICLEGeographical Research2009Cited by: 2References: 14

    The semi-arid zone of Southwest Asia, known as the Fertile Crescent, is under unprecedented stress because of agricultural development. Where rain-fed agriculture and transhumant herding had prevailed over ten millennia, today intensive cultivation with irrigation threatens future sustainability. A number of interconnected, but uncoordinated drivers of change combine to shape the landscape and its future, and their changes make it hard to anticip…

  • The Neolithic Revolution in the near East. Alan Simmons

    Frank HoleARTICLEJournal of Anthropological Research2008

  • Settlement and Society

    Donald Whitcomb, Elizabeth Carter et al.BOOKSettlement and Society2007

  • The Oldest Depictions of Canines and a Possible Early Breed of Dog in Iran

    Frank Hole, Cherra WyllieARTICLEPaléorient2007Cited by: 6

    While dogs occur in Levantine Natufian sites as early as the 13th millennium BC, images of canines date only to the early 8th millennium. The oldest depictions of dogs and the first representations of a breed similar to that of the modern Persian Gazelle Hound or saluki are found in sites in Deh Luran and Khuzistan, Iran. This brief paper shows the oldest illustrations of canines and evidence for a saluki-like breed. We conclude with some possibl…

  • Nature's Role in the Origins of Agriculture

    Frank HoleARTICLETürkiye Bilimler Akademisi…2004

    Robert Braidwood’un ilk olarak 1950’lerde, tarimin baslangicini arastirmaya basladigindan beri gerceklestirilen yeni buluslar, bu ‘devrim’de degisen iklimin ve atmosferin ne denli surukleyici bir rol oynadiklarina dikkatleri cekmistir. Ayni zamanda, Braidwood’un da uzerinde durdugu gibi, insanlik evcillestirmeyi saglayacak aletleri yapacak ortami da yaratmistir

  • A Radiocarbon Chronology for the Middle Khabur, Syria

    Frank HoleARTICLEIraq2001

    Following several seasons of survey and sampling of prehistoric sites in the middle and western Khabur drainage, we have secured more than fifty radiocarbon dates that provide an internally consistent, accurate and detailed chronology for this region. In this paper we provide a short synopsis of each sampled site by archaeological period (Table 1), accompanied by drawings of diagnostic ceramics. A complete presentation of the archaeological, arti…

  • Economic Implications of Possible Storage Structures at Tell Ziyadeh, NE Syria

    Frank HoleARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology1999

  • Economic Implications of Possible Storage Structures at Tell Ziyadeh NE Syria

    Frank HoleARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology1999References: 8

    The first concentrated settlement on the middle Khabur River of NE Syria and of the surrounding semi-arid steppe occurred during the first half of the 3rd millennium B.C., shortly before the emergence of urban sites in northern Mesopotamia. The number and variety of probable storage structures at several relatively small sites on the river have led to competing hypotheses as to their function: was grain grown and stored for local use or for expor…

  • Paleoenvironment and Human Society in the Jezireh of Northern Mesopotamia 20 000-6 000 BP

    Frank HoleARTICLEPaléorient1997Cited by: 16References: 2

    Climate change from the Last Glacial maximum to the onset of modern climatic conditions in the Jezireh of Northern Mesopotamia alternately allowed and discouraged human settlement of this semi-arid steppe. Few sites predate the Younger Dryas. Agricultural settlements first appeared and quickly spread after the Younger Dryas, during the Climatic Optimum. The lack of good archaeological sequences and the general absence of paleoclimatic data from m…

  • The Origins of Agriculture and Settled Life

    Frank Hole, Richard S MacneishARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology1993

  • The Excavations in Kebara Cave, Mt. Carmel [and Comments and Replies]

    O Bar-Yosef, Bernard Vandermeersch et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1992Cited by: 183References: 9

    This paper summarizes the results of recent excavations (1982-90) at the Middle Paleolithic site of Kebara Cave. Work at the cave by earlier excavators is also discussed. Although analysis of the Kebara materials is still far from completed, an overview of the current stage of the investigations includes (1) a synthesis of the site's complex stratigraphy and dating; (2) a description of the spatial patterning of hearths, ash lenses, and bone and …

  • Reply to Graber

    Open AccessFrank Hole, Joy MccorristonARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1992

  • Archeology

    Open AccessFrank HoleARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1992Cited by: 1

  • To the Euphrates and Beyond

    Open AccessFrank HoleARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1991

  • The Ecology of Seasonal Stress and the Origins of Agriculture in the Near East

    Open AccessJoy Mccorriston, Frank HoleARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1991Cited by: 70References: 61

    The time, place, and reasons for the first domestication of cereals and legumes in the Near East can now be securely identified using combined evidence from paleoenvironmental studies, models of ecosystem dynamics, and regional archeology. The heartland of domestication was the Jordan Valley and surrounding region in the Southern Levant. Approximately 10,000 years ago, people began planting crops where the wild ancestral species had proliferated …

  • The Organization of Susiana Society. Periodization of Site Distributions

    Frank HoleARTICLEPaléorient1985Cited by: 2

    Hole Frank. The Organization of Susiana Society. Periodization of Site Distributions. In: Paléorient, 1985, vol. 11, n°2. Actes du séminaire CNRS/NSF de Bellevaux (24-29 juin 1985) : L'évolution des sociétés complexes du sud-ouest de l'Iran. pp. 21-24

  • A Reassessment of the Neolithic Revolution

    Frank HoleARTICLEPaléorient1984Cited by: 22References: 10

    Domestication in the Near East was a two-part, two-stage sequence that involved separate processes and histories for cereals and livestock. Archaeological data suggest that plants were domesticated in lowland regions of the Near East in a process that began as early as 18,000 years ago. By contrast, the caprines and cattle show no signs of human control before about 10,000 years ago. Domestication of livestock occurred in the Zagros and Taurus mo…