scholarly journals Early seventh-millennium AMS dates from domestic seeds in the Initial Neolithic at Franchthi Cave (Argolid, Greece)

Antiquity ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 87 (338) ◽  
pp. 1001-1015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Perlès ◽  
Anita Quiles ◽  
Hélène Valladas
Keyword(s):  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Crop Species ◽  
Neolithic Transition ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
European Neolithic ◽  
Key Sites ◽  
Southern Greece ◽  
Cereal Cultivation

When, and by what route, did farming first reach Europe? A terrestrial model might envisage a gradual advance around the northern fringes of the Aegean, reaching Thrace and Macedonia before continuing southwards to Thessaly and the Peloponnese. New dates from Franchthi Cave in southern Greece, reported here, cast doubt on such a model, indicating that cereal cultivation, involving newly introduced crop species, began during the first half of the seventh millennium BC. This is earlier than in northern Greece and several centuries earlier than in Bulgaria, and suggests that farming spread to south-eastern Europe by a number of different routes, including potentially a maritime, island-hopping connection across the Aegean Sea. The results also illustrate the continuing importance of key sites such as Franchthi to our understanding of the European Neolithic transition, and the additional insights that can emerge from the application of new dating projects to these sites.

scholarly journals The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in western Scotland and its European context

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Bonsall ◽  
D. E. Anderson ◽  
M. G. Macklin
Keyword(s):  
Winter Precipitation ◽  
North West ◽  
Neolithic Transition ◽  
European Context ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Cereal Cultivation

The transition is considered in terms of four related questions: (i) HOW did the shift from foraging to farming happen? (ii) WHY did it happen? (iii) WHEN did it happen? (iv) WHY did it happen WHEN it did? The adoption of farming coincided with a shift to a more continental-type climate with lower winter precipitation, which improved the prospects for cereal cultivation. It is sug- gested that this was a key factor in the transition from Mesolithic to Neolithic across north-west Eu- rope as a whole.

scholarly journals New Fisheries-related data from the Mediterranean Sea (April 2014)

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 213 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. STERGIOU ◽  
D.C. BOBORI ◽  
F.G. EKMEKÇİ ◽  
M. GÖKOĞLU ◽  
P.K. KARACHLE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Feeding Habits ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Related Data ◽  
The North ◽  
North Aegean ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
North Aegean Sea

As part of its policy, Mediterranean Marine Science started from 2014 to publish a new series of collective article with fisheries-related data from the Mediterranean Sea. In this first collective article we present length frequencies and weight-length relationships for the northern brown shrimp Farfantepenaeus aztecus in the eastern Mediterranean, length-weight relationships for 10 fish species in the North Aegean Sea, the feeding habits for 11 sparid fishes in the North Aegean Sea, a review of the existing literature on the feeding and reproduction of common carp Cyprinus carpio in Anatolia (Turkey) and mouth dimensions and the relationships between mouth area and length for seven freshwater fishes from Lake Volvi (Northern Greece).

scholarly journals Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzana Hofmanová ◽  
Susanne Kreutzer ◽  
Garrett Hellenthal ◽  
Christian Sell ◽  
Yoan Diekmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Similarity ◽  
Southwest Asia ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Central European ◽  
Cultural Diffusion ◽  
Northwestern Turkey ◽  
Dispersal Routes ◽  
European Neolithic ◽  
Early Farmers ◽  
Of Greece

Farming and sedentism first appear in southwest Asia during the early Holocene and later spread to neighboring regions, including Europe, along multiple dispersal routes. Conspicuous uncertainties remain about the relative roles of migration, cultural diffusion and admixture with local foragers in the early Neolithisation of Europe. Here we present paleogenomic data for five Neolithic individuals from northwestern Turkey and northern Greece, spanning the time and region of the earliest spread of farming into Europe. We observe striking genetic similarity both among Aegean early farmers and with those from across Europe. Our study demonstrates a direct genetic link between Mediterranean and Central European early farmers and those of Greece and Anatolia, extending the European Neolithic migratory chain all the way back to southwestern Asia.

Die subspezifische Gliederung von Panorpa germanica L. auf dem Balkan (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)

1977 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Willmann
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
New Records ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe

AbstractThe distribution and variability of the subspecies of Panorpa germanica in south-eastern Europe are shown. The type-specimens of P. gibberosa MeLachlan, 1869 and P. titschacki Esben-Petersen, 1934, which must be regarded as subspecies of germanica, were re-examined and are described. P. germanica titschacki is distributed in southern Yugoslavia and central northern Greece. P. germanica graeca Lauterbach is not as widespread as Lauterbach (1972) suggested as some of his types belong to titschacki. P. germanica is still unknown from the Peloponnesus, ♀♀ mentioned from there by Willmann (1974) are P. lacedaemonia. Contradicting Bartos (1965) P. cognata is not known from Albania since the specimens determined by him as cognata belong to germanica. The relationships between several subspecies of P. germanica are discussed. New records of the allied P. lacedaemonia are added and used to indicate the distribution area of this species.

Co-existence of different host-adapted forms of the Myzus persicae group (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in southern Italy

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.T. Margaritopoulos ◽  
R.L. Blackman ◽  
J.A. Tsitsipis ◽  
L. Sannino
Keyword(s):  
Myzus Persicae ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Canonical Variates ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Southern Greece

AbstractMultivariate morphometric analysis (method of canonical variates) was used to compare 38 parthenogenetic lineages and three field collections of aphids of the Myzus persicae (Sulzer) group sampled on peach and tobacco in the Caserta region of southern Italy. Comparisons were also made with the morphology of lineages collected on peach in Lehonia, in central eastern Greece away from tobacco-growing regions, and on tobacco in Naphplion, in southern Greece. The lineages were measured after parthenogenetic rearing for one to three generations on the same host (potato) under constant conditions. As in previous work, the multivariate morphometric approach separated the aphids from peach from those feeding on tobacco. The life cycle category of the lineages was also examined. Almost all the lineages from peach in Caserta were holocyclic, yet the lineages from tobacco in the same region were unable to produce sexual morphs. The results suggest that tobacco-adapted and non-tobacco-adapted forms co-exist in the same region in southern Italy, not only because they colonize different host plants, but also because they have different life cycles. This is in complete contrast to the situation in peach-growing areas of northern Greece, and shows that the ecology and population structure of M. persicae is different in neighbouring counties of the Mediterranean area, even where climatic conditions and cultivated crops are similar.

Taxonomic review of species of the Stachys section Candidae (Lamiaceae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 118-122
Author(s):  
T. V. Krestovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Data ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
New Nomenclatural Combinations ◽  
Southern Greece

A taxonomic review of the Stachys L. section Сandidae R. Bhattacharjee is given. The keys for determination of the species and vareties are made. The section comprises 5 species cllassified into 2 subsections: Сandidae and a new monotypic subsection Stenophyllae Krestovsk. Two new nomenclatural combinations in the rank of varieties: Stachys iva Griseb. var. macedonica (Micevski) Krestovsk. and S. spreitzenhoferi Heldr. var. virella (D. Perss.) Krestovsk. are published, the latter in a new rank. The presented information includes main synonyms, type citations, ecology and distribution data. S. candida Bory et Chaub., S. chrysantha Boiss. et Heldr., S. spreitzenhoferi Heldr. are endemics of the southern Greece, S. iva Griseb. is endemic of the northern Greece and Republic of Macedonia, S. saxicola Coss. et Balansa — endemic of Marocco and Algeria.

scholarly journals Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans

2016 ◽  
Vol 113 (25) ◽  
pp. 6886-6891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzana Hofmanová ◽  
Susanne Kreutzer ◽  
Garrett Hellenthal ◽  
Christian Sell ◽  
Yoan Diekmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Similarity ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Central European ◽  
Cultural Diffusion ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Northwestern Turkey ◽  
Dispersal Routes ◽  
European Neolithic ◽  
Early Farmers ◽  
Of Greece

Farming and sedentism first appeared in southwestern Asia during the early Holocene and later spread to neighboring regions, including Europe, along multiple dispersal routes. Conspicuous uncertainties remain about the relative roles of migration, cultural diffusion, and admixture with local foragers in the early Neolithization of Europe. Here we present paleogenomic data for five Neolithic individuals from northern Greece and northwestern Turkey spanning the time and region of the earliest spread of farming into Europe. We use a novel approach to recalibrate raw reads and call genotypes from ancient DNA and observe striking genetic similarity both among Aegean early farmers and with those from across Europe. Our study demonstrates a direct genetic link between Mediterranean and Central European early farmers and those of Greece and Anatolia, extending the European Neolithic migratory chain all the way back to southwestern Asia.

Genetic variation of Marchalina hellenica (Hemiptera: Margarodidae) sampled from different hosts and localities in Greece

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 447-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.T. Margaritopoulos ◽  
N. Bacandritsos ◽  
A.N. Pekas ◽  
C. Stamatis ◽  
Z. Mamuris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Rapd Analysis ◽  
Random Amplified Polymorphic Dna ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Restricted Gene Flow ◽  
Region Of Origin ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Pine Trees ◽  
Southern Greece ◽  
Marchalina Hellenica

AbstractRandom amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis was applied to 120 individuals of Marchalina hellenica (Gennadius) representing six populations collected in northern, central and southern mainland Greece. One population was sampled on one species of fir tree and the others on two species of pine trees. Four random decamer primers were used to evaluate genetic variation among the populations examined. The results revealed intra- and interpopulation polymorphism both related to host type and region of origin. Phylogenetic analysis based on genetic distances estimated by the RAPD frequencies revealed an important genetic differentiation in samples collected on fir trees in southern Greece and to a lesser extent in samples from pine trees in central and northern Greece. Furthermore, considerable subdivision and restricted gene flow among the populations examined were observed. The results are discussed in relation to the biology and geographical distribution of M. hellenica in Greece.

scholarly journals Spearheading into the Neolithic: Last Foragers and First Farmers in the Dinaric Alps of Montenegro

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dušan Borić ◽  
Nikola Borovinić ◽  
Ljiljana Đuričić ◽  
Jelena Bulatović ◽  
Katarina Gerometta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Neolithic Transition ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Karstic Features ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Continued Use ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Important Indication

This article presents a summary of new evidence for the Mesolithic in the Dinaric Alps of Montenegro. The region is one of the best areas in south-eastern Europe to study Early Holocene foragers and the nature of the transition to Neolithic lifeways at the end of the seventh and the beginning of the sixth millennium cal bc thanks to the existence of biodiverse landscapes and numerous karstic features. We argue that harpoons found at two different sites in this regional context represent a curated technology that has its roots in a local Mesolithic cultural tradition. The continued use of this standardized hunting tool kit in the Neolithic provides an important indication about the character of the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition. We also use this regional case study to address wider questions concerning the visibility and modes of Mesolithic occupation in south-eastern Europe as a whole.

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