Going West?

Agathe Reingruber, researcher at the Freie Universität Berlin, is specialized on topics related to the Neolithic and Chalcolithic of southeast Europe (Greece, Turkey, Romania). She is currently running a project in northeastern Thessaly focusing on population dynamics.Zoï Tsirtsoni, researcher at the French National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS, Laboratory Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité, Nanterre), is specialized on the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age periods in the Aegean and southern Balkans. She is co-director of the Greek-French research project at the multilayer (tell) settlement of Dikili Tash in northern Greece.Petranka Nedelcheva, Assistant Professor at the New Bulgarian University (Sofia), is a lithics specialist for the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age periods in southeast Europe, western Anatolia and the Caucasus. She participates in several projects in Greece, Turkey, Romania and Georgia.

• IntroductionNorthwest Anatolia: A Border or a Bridge between Anatolia and the Balkans during the Early Neolithic Period?Necmi KarulAnatolia and the Balkans: The Role of the Black Sea between ‘East’ and ‘West’ during the Neolithic PeriodEylem ÖzdoğanWhither the Aegean Neolithic?Burcin ErdoğuIdentifying the Earliest Neolithic Settlements in the Southeastern Balkans: Methodological Considerations based on the Recent Geoarchaeological Investigations at Dikili Tash (Greek Eastern Macedonia)Laurent Lespez, Zoï Tsirtsoni, Pascal Darcque, Dimitra Malamidou, Haïdo Koukouli-Chryssanthaki and Arthur GlaisLithic Industries and their Role in Neolithisation Models in Southeast EuropeIvan Gatsov, Petranka Nedelcheva, Malgorzata Kaczanowska and Janusz K. KozłowskiThrace, post-6000 BCVassil NikolovThe First Balkan Neolithic in the Lower Danube Plain and the Making of a Pottery TraditionLaurens ThissenThe Beginning of the Neolithic Way of Life in the Eastern Lower Danube Area: A View from the NorthAgathe ReingruberThe Transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic between Western Anatolia and the Lower Danube: Evidence from Burial CustomsClemens LichterAppendix: 14C Database for Southeast Europe and Adjacent Areas (6600–5000 cal BC)Laurens Thissen and Agathe Reingruber

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