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Small seeds for large purposes: an integrated approach to agricultural change and climate during the Neolithic in Western Europe

Research Project
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01.01.2018
 - 31.12.2021

This project proposes an interdisciplinary approach to agricultural change and its causes during the Neolithic, particularly in connection to climate fluctuations. The study region includes the territories between the Po Valley, the High Rhine and the Ebro Valley. New research will be done in selected sites (unique in each of their regions) with optimal preservation conditions, with an emphasis on wetland sites. Integrated approaches to palaeoecology and palaeoeconomy will be performed combining archaeobotany, archaeozoology and entomology. Large databases will be produced with the available archaeobotanical data, radiocarbon dates and underground storage features in the study region. A radiocarbon dating program will be combined with carbon isotope measurements to eventually approach agricultural change from a multi-proxy perspective and reach a better understanding of agricultural decision-making among early farmers.

Collaborations & Cooperations

2021 - Participation or Organization of Collaborations on a national level
Bernasconi, Stefano, Prof. Dr., ETH Zürich, Research cooperation
2021 - Participation or Organization of Collaborations on a national level
Hajdas, Irka, Dr., ETH Zürich, Research cooperation
2021 - Participation or Organization of Collaborations on a national level
van Willigen, Samuel, Dr., Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Research cooperation
2021 - Participation or Organization of Collaborations on an international level
Alonso, Natàlia, Prof. Dr., University of Lleida, Research cooperation
2021 - Participation or Organization of Collaborations on an international level
Bouby, Laurent, Dr., University of Montpellier, CNRS, Research cooperation
2021 - Participation or Organization of Collaborations on an international level
Caracuta, Valentina, Dr., University of Montpellier, Research cooperation
2021 - Participation or Organization of Collaborations on an international level
Kirleis, Wiebke, Prof. Dr., Christian Albrechts-University in Kiel, Research cooperation
2021 - Participation or Organization of Collaborations on an international level
Salavert, Aurélie, Prof. Dr., MNHN, Paris, Research cooperation

Funding

Small seeds for large purposes: an integrated approach to agricultural change and climate during the Neolithic in Western Europe

SNF Förderprofessur (GrantsTool), 01.2018-12.2021 (48)
CI : Antolin, Ferran.

Publications

Antolín, Ferran and Schäfer, Marguerita (2020) ‘Insect pests of pulse crops and their management in Neolithic Europe’, Environmental archaeology, pp. 1–14. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2020.1713602.

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de Vareilles, A. et al. (2020) ‘One Sea but many routes to sail. The early maritime dispersal of Neolithic crops from the Aegean to the western Mediterranean’, Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports, 29, p. 102140. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102140.

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Edo, M. et al. (2019) ‘Cueva de Can Sadurní (Begues, Barcelona): hacia la definición del modelo funerario en cueva para el Neolítico medio I del noreste peninsular’, in Gibaja, J. F.; Mozota, M.; Subirà, M. E.; Martín, A. (ed.) Mirando a la Muerte: Las prácticas funerarias durante el neolítico en el noreste peninsular. Castellón: E-ditArx (Mirando a la Muerte: Las prácticas funerarias durante el neolítico en el noreste peninsular), pp. 305–377.

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Edo, Manuel et al. (2019) ‘La cueva de Can Sadurní (Begues, Barcelona). El episodio funerario del neolítico antiguo cardial pleno. Estado actual de la cuestión’, in Gibaja, Juan Francisco; Mozota, Millan; Subirà, Maria Eulàlia; Martín, Araceli (ed.) Mirando a la Muerte: Las prácticas funerarias durante el neolítico en el noreste peninsular. Castellón: E-ditArx (Mirando a la Muerte: Las prácticas funerarias durante el neolítico en el noreste peninsular), pp. 205–304.

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Antolín, Ferran et al. (2018) ‘The AgriChange Project: an integrated on-site approach to agricultural and land-use change in relation to climate during the Neolithic in Western Europe’, Past Global Changes Magazine, 26(1), pp. 26–27. Available at: https://doi.org/10.22498/pages.26.1.26.

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Salavert, Aurélie et al. (2018) ‘The opium poppy in Europe: exploring its origin and dispersal during the Neolithic’, Antiquity, 92(364, e1), pp. 1–5. Available at: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.154.

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Members (6)

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Ferran Antolin

Principal Investigator
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Simone Häberle

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Marguerita Schäfer

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Bigna Steiner

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Ana Cláudia Sousa Jesus

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Raul Soteras Mané

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