From Anatolia to Algarve

The introduction and spread of the Neolithic “way of life” in Europe was a process that took several millennia, followed by different rhythms and displayed singularities in each geographic area. It was therefore a very complex phenomenon that, despite highly significant advances in research in recent decades, is yet to be fully understood. To deepen our understanding of the very early stages of the introduction of herding and agriculture throughout the Old Continent, the 1st Conference on the Early Neolithic of Europe was organised in Barcelona on 6–8 November 2019. The conference was a great success with more than 200 participants, creating a stimulating arena to discuss and debate, exclusively, the transition to the Neolithic in Europe. This special issue brings together 52 of the contributions presented in Barcelona, offering an interesting overview of the current state of research across Europe, from the Anatolia to the Algarve, highlighting the geographical, chronological and socioeconomic diversity of the transformation processes involved in the Neolithisation of Europe and providing useful starting points for future research

Agriculture · Ancient history · Archaeology · Diversity (politics · Economic geography · Geography · Herding · Mesolithic · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

• Producción industrial, animalismo y contracultura. El álbum ilustrado como reivindicación paleolítica de la cultura rural

  Open Access•Fernando Luque Cuesta•Arte y Políticas de Identidad•2022

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• New Advances, Old Problems

  Open Access•Ferran Borrell, Christoph Purschwitz et al.•Paléorient•2024

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• The Early Neolithic in Greece

  Open Access•Catherine Perlès, Gérard Monthel•Early Neolithic in Greece•2001

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• The Neolithic Demographic Transition and its Consequences

  Open Access•Jean‐pierre Bocquet‐appel, Ofer Bar‐yosef et al.•The Neolithic Demographic…•2008

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• Demic Expansions and Human Evolution

  Open Access•Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Paolo Menozzi et al.•Science•1993

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• The Cradle of Agriculture

  Open Access•Simcha Lev-Yadun, Avi Gopher et al.•Science•2000

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• First wave of cultivators spread to Cyprus at least 10,600 y ago

  Open Access•Jean-Denis Vigne, Jean‐denis Vigne et al.•Proceedings of the National…•2012

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• Domestication and early agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin

  Open Access•M A Zeder•Proceedings of the National…•2008

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• Radiocarbon evidence for maritime pioneer colonization at the origins of farming in west Mediterranean Europe

  Open Access•João Zilhão•Proceedings of the National…•2001

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• Data Sharing Reveals Complexity in the Westward Spread of Domestic Animals across Neolithic Turkey

  Open Access•Benjamin S Arbuckle, Sarah Whitcher Kansa et al.•PLoS ONE•2014

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• The Neolithic Transition and the Genetics of Populations in Europe

  A J Ammerman, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza•Neolithic Transition and the…•1984

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• The Beginning of Neolithic Economies in Southeastern Europe

  Mehmet Özdoğan•Journal of European Archaeology•1997

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• Radiocarbon dating and the expansion of farming culture from the Near East over Europe

  Open Access•J G D Clark, Junebug Clark•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•1965

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• Archaeological Evidence on the Westward Expansion of Farming Communities from Eastern Anatolia to the Aegean and the Balkans

  Mehmet Özdoğan•Current Anthropology•2011

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• Westward Ho

  P A Rowley‐conwy, Peter Rowley-Conwy•Current Anthropology•2011

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• Archaeobotanical Evidence for the Spread of Farming in the Eastern Mediterranean

  Sue Colledge, James Conolly et al.•Current Anthropology•2004

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