We report genome-wide ancient DNA from 44 ancient Near Easterners ranging in time between~
12,000 and 1,400 bc, from Natufian hunter–gatherers to Bronze Age farmers. We show …

The invention and development of next or second generation sequencing methods has resulted
in a dramatic transformation of ancient DNA research and allowed shotgun sequencing …

It has been shown that the reaction between ferrous iron dissolved in aqueous
pyrophosphate solution and BP dissolved in organic solvents occurs in the aqueous layer …

We explore the hypothesis that the abrupt drainage of Laurentide lakes and associated
rapid switch of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation 8200 yr ago had a catastrophic …

In this paper we explore the impact of Rapid Climate Change (RCC) on prehistoric communities
in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Early and Middle Holocene. Our focus is on the …

… This may be a reflection of the decreasing amount of wood available for fuel for lime
manufacture (Rollefson 1990b). Additional PPNC samples are currently being analyzed. …

Current genetic data are equivocal as to whether goat domestication occurred multiple
times or was a singular process. We generated genomic data from 83 ancient goats (51 with …

… Rollefson 1990a) and suggests that the resurfacing coincided with some special events.
The circular shrine or cult building appears to have been badly damaged by subsidence: three …

Ain Ghazal is one of the largest Early Neolithic villages in the Near East, covering some ten
to eleven hectares in extent. In 1983 a cache of twenty-two human statues and busts was …

… (21) Although burials with intact skulls have been taken to be a mark of lower social rank
for the PPNB period (see below and ROLLEFSON, 1983 : 30), we suspect that this particular …