First wave of cultivators spread to Cyprus at least 10,600 y ago.

Vigne, Jean-Denis; Briois, François; Zazzo, Antoine; Willcox, George; Cucchi, Thomas; Thiébault, Stéphanie; Carrère, Isabelle; Franel, Yodrik; Touquet, Régis; Martin, Chloé; Moreau, Christophe; Comby, Clothilde; Guilaine, Jean

doi:10.1073/pnas.1201693109

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First wave of cultivators spread to Cyprus at least 10,600 y ago.

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Authors:

Jean-Denis Vigne

François Briois

Antoine Zazzo

Abstract

Early Neolithic sedentary villagers started cultivating wild cereals in the Near East 11,500 y ago [Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA)]. Recent discoveries indicated that Cyprus was frequented by Late PPNA people, but the earliest evidence until now for both the use of cereals and Neolithic villages on ...

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