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The Early Neolithic I settlement at Sesklo Research output
An early farming community in Thessaly, Greece.

Putting life into Late Neolithic houses Research project
Investigating domestic crafts and subsistence activities through experiments and material analysis

Interpreting the Late Neolithic of Upper Mesopotamia Research output
The times between the Neolithic and Urban revolutions in Mesopotamia have for a long time been interpreted as a period of stagnation. This volume is part of an emerging discourse that challenges such assumptions.

The Articulation of a 'New Neolithic' Research output
The meaning of the Swifterbant Culture for the process of neolithisation in the western part of the North European Plain (4900-3400 BC)

Tell Sabi Abyad – The Late Neolithic Settlement Research output
Report on the Excavations of the University of Amsterdam (1988) and the National Museum of Antiquities Leiden (1991-1993) in Syria.

Excavations at Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria Research output
Tell Sabi Abyad is a major Late Neolithic settlement mound in Northern Syria, belonging to the seventh and early sixth millennium bc. This book presents the results of large-scale fieldwork conducted at the site between 1994 and 1999, under the auspices of the Netherlands National Museum of Antiquities…

Artefact biographies from Mesolithic and Neolithic Europe and beyond Research output
Papers in honour of Professor Annelou van Gijn

Personal ornaments: changing identities in the Dutch Neolithic and Bronze Age Research project
Numerous beads and pendants of amber, jet and bone have been found in Dutch Neolithic and Bronze Age context, both in settlements and in graves. Because ornaments are personal items, they are closely linked with people’s identity.

Tell Sabi Abyad II – The Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Settlement Research output
Report on the Excavations of the National Museum of Antiquities Leiden in the Balikh Valley, Syria.

Villages in the Steppe – Late Neolithic Settlement and Subsistence in the Balikh Valley, Northern Syria Research output
In this book, Peter Akkermans provides a systematic overview of the Halaf culture of the 6 th millennium BC in the Syrian portion of the valley of the Balikh River, a tributary of the Euphrates.

From hunter-gathering to food production Research output
Isotopic insights on human diet from the later stone age to Neolithic in Northwest Africa, Morocco

Schipluiden Research output
A neolithic settlement on the Dutch North Sea coast c. 3500 CAL BC.

Home sweet home Research project
Investigating Neolithic houses in Britain through microwear and residue analysis of stone tools

Relentlessly Plain Research project
Understanding Late Neolithic Ceramic Containers from Upper Mesopotamia

Crafting networks in early farming societies Research project
Tracing the residues of Neolithic activities through the study of stone artefacts

The Rhine/Meuse Delta Research output
Four studies on its prehistoric occupation and Holocene geology. With a contribution by Agatha S. Knip, Late Neolithic Skeleton Finds from Molenaarsgraaf (Z.H.).

On bandkeramik social structure Research output
An analysis of pot decoration and hut distributions from the Central European Neolithic communities of Elsloo and Hienheim.

The Wear and Tear of Flint Research output
Principles of Functional Analysis applied to Dutch Neolithic Assemblages.

Constructing Communities Research output
Clustered Neighbourhood Settlements of the Central Anatolian Neolithic ca. 8500-5500 Cal. BC

The Archaeology of the First Farmer-Herders in Egypt Research output
New insights into the Fayum Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic.