Jade Whitlam
Biographic Data
| ID | 1172270 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jade Whitlam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jade |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitlam |
| SIGNATURE | WHITLAM J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9769-4704 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Disentangling plant management practices in Neolithic southwest Asia
Research on agricultural origins in southwest Asia revealed a protracted process of developing plant management systems in the early Holocene that eventually led to the selection of domestication traits among a suite of seed crops. While the temporal and geographic spread of these developments is relatively clear, the specific sets of management practices and related (agro-)ecological conditions that characterised early plant management systems a…
New Approaches to the Archaeology of Biodiversity
Processing and storage of tree fruits, cereals and pulses at PPNA Sharara, southern Jordan
Recent excavations at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site of Sharara (ca. 9250 cal bc ) in southern Jordan have yielded a rich assemblage of charred macrobotanical remains. The bulk of this assemblage was recovered from a single structure at the settlement that was destroyed by fire and which appears to have functioned as an area for processing and possibly also for storing plant foods. Among the charred plant remains recovered from this space were …
Introduction to the special issue on ‘Plant use and management during the emergence of farming in Southwest Asia
The Association of Arable Weeds with Modern Wild Cereal Habitats
Reconstructing the origins of plant cultivation in southwest Asia is crucial for understanding associated processes such as the emergence of sedentary communities and domesticated crops. Among the criteria archaeobotanists developed for identifying the earliest plant cultivation, the presence of potential arable weeds found in association with wild cereal and legume remains has been used as a basis for supporting models of prolonged wild plant cu…
Monumental Myopia
Cutting the Mustard
Excavations at Tepe Khaleseh, a small-settlement mound in the Zanjan Province of northwest Iran, have uncovered numerous structures dating to the second half of the sixth millennium B.C., including a pottery kiln. The charred plant remains recovered from the site provide evidence for the cultivation of a diverse spectrum of cereals, along with pulses, which are rare at contemporary sites in the region. Analysis of the archaeobotanical assemblage …
The Early Neolithic of Iraqi Kurdistan
Human communities made the transition from hunter-foraging to more sedentary agriculture and herding at multiple locations across Southwest Asia through the Early Neolithic period (ca. 10,000-7000 cal. BC). Societies explored strategies involving increasing management and development of plants, animals, materials, technologies, and ideologies specific to each region whilst sharing some common attributes. Current research in the Eastern Fertile Cr…
Pre-agricultural plant management in the uplands of the central Zagros
Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica
From Traditional Farming in Morocco to Early Urban Agroecology in Northern Mesopotamia
Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupWe integrate functional weed ecology with crop stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis to assess their combined potential for inferring arable land management practices in (semi-)arid regions from archaeobotanical assemblages. Weed and GIS survey of 60 cereal and pulse fields in Morocco are combined with crop sampling for stable isotope analysis to frame assessment of agricultu…
Environmental archaeologies of Neolithisation
Environmental archaeologies of Neolithisation
The origins and spread of Neolithic life-ways represent a pivotal change in human ecology and society. Communities transformed their relationships with the world around them, shifting away from reliance upon hunted and collected wild resources, to the management and domestication of plants and animals, alongside a pattern of increasing sedentism. These processes were played out at differing temporal and spatial scales; from the life-cycle of a si…
Preliminary ethnoarchaeological research on modern animal husbandry in Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan
This paper presents preliminary results from an ethnoarchaeological study of animal husbandry in the modern village of Bestansur, situated in the lower Zagros Mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan. This research explores how modern families use and manage their livestock within the local landscape and identifies traces of this use. The aim is to provide the groundwork for future archaeological investigations focusing on the nearby Neolithic site of Bestan…
Preliminary ethnoarchaeological research on modern animal husbandry in Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan
This paper presents preliminary results from an ethnoarchaeological study of animal husbandry in the modern village of Bestansur, situated in the lower Zagros Mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan. This research explores how modern families use and manage their livestock within the local landscape and identifies traces of this use. The aim is to provide the groundwork for future archaeological investigations focusing on the nearby Neolithic site of Bestan…
From Traditional Farming in Morocco to Early Urban Agroecology in Northern Mesopotamia
Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupWe integrate functional weed ecology with crop stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis to assess their combined potential for inferring arable land management practices in (semi-)arid regions from archaeobotanical assemblages. Weed and GIS survey of 60 cereal and pulse fields in Morocco are combined with crop sampling for stable isotope analysis to frame assessment of agricultu…
Pre-agricultural plant management in the uplands of the central Zagros
The Association of Arable Weeds with Modern Wild Cereal Habitats
Reconstructing the origins of plant cultivation in southwest Asia is crucial for understanding associated processes such as the emergence of sedentary communities and domesticated crops. Among the criteria archaeobotanists developed for identifying the earliest plant cultivation, the presence of potential arable weeds found in association with wild cereal and legume remains has been used as a basis for supporting models of prolonged wild plant cu…
The Early Neolithic of Iraqi Kurdistan
Human communities made the transition from hunter-foraging to more sedentary agriculture and herding at multiple locations across Southwest Asia through the Early Neolithic period (ca. 10,000-7000 cal. BC). Societies explored strategies involving increasing management and development of plants, animals, materials, technologies, and ideologies specific to each region whilst sharing some common attributes. Current research in the Eastern Fertile Cr…
Environmental archaeologies of Neolithisation
The origins and spread of Neolithic life-ways represent a pivotal change in human ecology and society. Communities transformed their relationships with the world around them, shifting away from reliance upon hunted and collected wild resources, to the management and domestication of plants and animals, alongside a pattern of increasing sedentism. These processes were played out at differing temporal and spatial scales; from the life-cycle of a si…
Preliminary ethnoarchaeological research on modern animal husbandry in Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan
This paper presents preliminary results from an ethnoarchaeological study of animal husbandry in the modern village of Bestansur, situated in the lower Zagros Mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan. This research explores how modern families use and manage their livestock within the local landscape and identifies traces of this use. The aim is to provide the groundwork for future archaeological investigations focusing on the nearby Neolithic site of Bestan…
Environmental archaeologies of Neolithisation
From Traditional Farming in Morocco to Early Urban Agroecology in Northern Mesopotamia
Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupWe integrate functional weed ecology with crop stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis to assess their combined potential for inferring arable land management practices in (semi-)arid regions from archaeobotanical assemblages. Weed and GIS survey of 60 cereal and pulse fields in Morocco are combined with crop sampling for stable isotope analysis to frame assessment of agricultu…
Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica
Pre-agricultural plant management in the uplands of the central Zagros
Cutting the Mustard
Excavations at Tepe Khaleseh, a small-settlement mound in the Zanjan Province of northwest Iran, have uncovered numerous structures dating to the second half of the sixth millennium B.C., including a pottery kiln. The charred plant remains recovered from the site provide evidence for the cultivation of a diverse spectrum of cereals, along with pulses, which are rare at contemporary sites in the region. Analysis of the archaeobotanical assemblage …
The Early Neolithic of Iraqi Kurdistan
Human communities made the transition from hunter-foraging to more sedentary agriculture and herding at multiple locations across Southwest Asia through the Early Neolithic period (ca. 10,000-7000 cal. BC). Societies explored strategies involving increasing management and development of plants, animals, materials, technologies, and ideologies specific to each region whilst sharing some common attributes. Current research in the Eastern Fertile Cr…
Monumental Myopia
The Association of Arable Weeds with Modern Wild Cereal Habitats
Reconstructing the origins of plant cultivation in southwest Asia is crucial for understanding associated processes such as the emergence of sedentary communities and domesticated crops. Among the criteria archaeobotanists developed for identifying the earliest plant cultivation, the presence of potential arable weeds found in association with wild cereal and legume remains has been used as a basis for supporting models of prolonged wild plant cu…
Processing and storage of tree fruits, cereals and pulses at PPNA Sharara, southern Jordan
Recent excavations at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A site of Sharara (ca. 9250 cal bc ) in southern Jordan have yielded a rich assemblage of charred macrobotanical remains. The bulk of this assemblage was recovered from a single structure at the settlement that was destroyed by fire and which appears to have functioned as an area for processing and possibly also for storing plant foods. Among the charred plant remains recovered from this space were …
Introduction to the special issue on ‘Plant use and management during the emergence of farming in Southwest Asia
Disentangling plant management practices in Neolithic southwest Asia
Research on agricultural origins in southwest Asia revealed a protracted process of developing plant management systems in the early Holocene that eventually led to the selection of domestication traits among a suite of seed crops. While the temporal and geographic spread of these developments is relatively clear, the specific sets of management practices and related (agro-)ecological conditions that characterised early plant management systems a…
New Approaches to the Archaeology of Biodiversity
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 works) · Geography (12 works) · Agriculture (9 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Biology (6 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (5 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 works) · Domestication (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Agroforestry (3 works)