Abstract
ABSTRACTThe Neolithic transition is a particularly favorable field of research for the study of the emergence and evolution of cultures and cultural phenomena. In this framework, high-precision chronologies are essential for decrypting the rhythms of emergence of new techno-economic traits. As part of a project exploring the conditions underlying the emergence and dynamics of the development of the first agro-pastoral societies in the Western Mediterranean, this paper proposes a new chronological modeling. Based on 45 new radiocarbon (14C) dates and on a Bayesian statistical framework, this work examines the rhythms and dispersal paths of the Neolithic economy both on coastal and continental areas. These new data highlight a complex and far less unidirectional dissemination process than that envisaged so far.
Highlights
From a historical point of view, the progressive transition to farming represents a major technical, social, economic, and cultural transformation of the societies that we have inherited
∙ It is clear that the development of Neolithic transition scenarios cannot be dissociated from a revised chronometric framework based on adapted and updated protocols (Wood 2015), as demonstrated by recent overviews of diverse geographic areas (MacClure et al 2014; Martins et al 2015; Garcia Puchol et al 2017; Binder et al 2017)
The new data from the PROCOME program emphasize the importance of a sampling strategy based on “archaeological link” criteria and on radiocarbon events
Summary
From a historical point of view, the progressive transition to farming represents a major technical, social, economic, and cultural transformation of the societies that we have inherited. In Europe, we seek to identify the vectors of diffusion (cultural diffusion via native hunter-gatherer societies versus demic diffusion by population migrations from the Near East, where many of the domestic plant and animal species originate from), as well as the rhythms of emergence of the new Neolithic world. In this context, radiocarbon (14C) data play a major role in research focusing on modeling the speed of expansion and the spatio-temporal development of the Eurasian agricultural transition. Through the study of the diffusion of the Neolithic economy in space and time, J.G.D
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