This chapter aims to examine the change in the subsistence system in the Near East from a
gathering economy to one of production, in the light of observations made during�…

The relationship between human settlements, their associated land use zones and changing
climate, is not straightforward. Following a summary of the relationship between present day�…

Archaeobotanical results based on a limited number of samples from three aceramic sites
dating from 9800 to 7800 BP, which are under excavation in the valley of the Middle�…

The semi‐arid zone of Southwest Asia, known as the Fertile Crescent, is under
unprecedented stress because of agricultural development. Where rain‐fed agriculture and�…

The area of the El Kowm oasis in the centre of today's Syria is a unique showcase of Middle
Eastern prehistory not only for its geographic position within the Arabian Desert, but also for�…

Aquifer overexploitation is widely used to describe negative effects on groundwater
resources but has no agreed scientific definition. Usually viewed as a situation where�…

Cette recherche est consacr�e aux rythmes et aux modalit�s de l'exploitation des animaux
au cours de la N�olithisation en Syrie du Nord, entre le 11e et le 7e mill�naire. Son objectif�…

Fig. 1. The most prominent sites of the late 3rd millennium BC located in the Upper Khabur
region [after Gibson et al.(2002), Fig. 1] not with Sargon, as is the case in the South�…

Cet article expose les r�sultats de l'�tude pal�og�ographique du Haut Khabur, conduite
d'abord sur l'ensemble de la r�gion puis sur une micro-r�gion test: le bassin m�ridional du�…

Une �tude g�omorphologique conduite, parall�lement � une prospection d'arch�ologie
pr�historique, sur l'Euphrate syrien, dans la r�gion Raqqa-Deir ez Zor et dans la zone�…