This video looks at the arrival of the first farmers to the Aegean region and some of the archaeology of the Early Neolithic period in Greece and Albania. We'll step into their houses and root through the trash of dead people, because archaeologists are creepy!
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Thank yous:
To Jonida Martini for amazing photos and help with filming
To the members of the Southern Albania Neolithic Archaeological Project directed by Susan Allen and Illir Gjipali for letting me work with them and teaching me so much.
Intro clip of wheat in the wind from Pixabay
Citations referenced on the slides:
Allen, S. 2018. "Second Impressions: Expanding the Range of Cereals from Early Neolithic Franchthi Cave, Greece" ojs.ethnobiology.org/index.ph...
Allen, S., Gjipali, I., Karkanas, P., and A. Gardeisen. 2014. "New light on the Early Neolithic in Albania: The Southern Albania Neolithic Archaeological Project (SANAP), 2006-2013."
Reingruber, A. 2011. "Early Neolithic settlement patterns and exchange networks in the Aegean."
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