The “when”, the “where” and the “why” of the Neolithic revolution in the Levant

An accumulation of data concerning the domestication of plants and the refinement of research questions in the last decade have enabled us a new look at the Neolithic Revolution and Neolithization processes in the Levant. This paper raises some points concerning the “When” and “Where” of plant dome...

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Main Authors: Avi Gopher, Shahal Abbo, Simcha Lev Yadun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2001-12-01
Series:Documenta Praehistorica
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Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/6498
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spelling doaj-8df922950f4247e58caed700767f26662020-11-24T23:44:15ZengZnanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922001-12-012810.4312/dp.28.35984The “when”, the “where” and the “why” of the Neolithic revolution in the LevantAvi Gopher0Shahal Abbo1Simcha Lev Yadun2A. Gopher, Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Israel.S. Abbo, Dept. of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.Dept. of Biology, University of Haifa, Israel. An accumulation of data concerning the domestication of plants and the refinement of research questions in the last decade have enabled us a new look at the Neolithic Revolution and Neolithization processes in the Levant. This paper raises some points concerning the “When” and “Where” of plant domestication and suggests that the origins of plant domestication were in a welldefined region in southeast Turkey and north Syria. It presents a view on the process of Neolithization in the Levant and offers some comments concerning the background and motivations behind the Neolithic Revolution. https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/6498agriculturecultivationdomesticationLevantNeolithization
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Simcha Lev Yadun
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The “when”, the “where” and the “why” of the Neolithic revolution in the Levant
Documenta Praehistorica
agriculture
cultivation
domestication
Levant
Neolithization
author_facet Avi Gopher
Shahal Abbo
Simcha Lev Yadun
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title The “when”, the “where” and the “why” of the Neolithic revolution in the Levant
title_short The “when”, the “where” and the “why” of the Neolithic revolution in the Levant
title_full The “when”, the “where” and the “why” of the Neolithic revolution in the Levant
title_fullStr The “when”, the “where” and the “why” of the Neolithic revolution in the Levant
title_full_unstemmed The “when”, the “where” and the “why” of the Neolithic revolution in the Levant
title_sort “when”, the “where” and the “why” of the neolithic revolution in the levant
publisher Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)
series Documenta Praehistorica
issn 1408-967X
1854-2492
publishDate 2001-12-01
description An accumulation of data concerning the domestication of plants and the refinement of research questions in the last decade have enabled us a new look at the Neolithic Revolution and Neolithization processes in the Levant. This paper raises some points concerning the “When” and “Where” of plant domestication and suggests that the origins of plant domestication were in a welldefined region in southeast Turkey and north Syria. It presents a view on the process of Neolithization in the Levant and offers some comments concerning the background and motivations behind the Neolithic Revolution.
topic agriculture
cultivation
domestication
Levant
Neolithization
url https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/6498
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