Re-evaluating forager-farmer plant use in Anatolia’s neolithic transition

该项目旨在将考古残留物分析的新技术应用于早期土耳其觅食农民的文物，沉积物，工具和骨骼遗骸，并严格评估作物和野生植物食物在西南亚肥沃新月以外的农业最早发展中的作用。结果将允许一个新的理解如何种植来主导古代经济，并评估现有的方法和理解这一现象的有效性。该项目将利用和发展国际合作，提高澳大利亚在农业起源研究方面的知名度，提高这一领域的研究能力，并与土耳其以及在土耳其发展文化、教育和经济机会。

This project aims to apply new techniques of archaeological residue analysis to artefacts, sediments, tools and skeletal remains from early Turkish forager-farmer and critically evaluate the role of crops and wild plant foods in the earliest development of farming outside southwest Asia’s Fertile Crescent. Results will allow a new understanding of how cropping came to dominate ancient economies and evaluate the validity of existing methods and understandings of this phenomenon. Drawing on and developing international collaborations, the project will enhance Australia's visibility in agricultural origins research, increase research capacity in this field and develop cultural, education and economic opportunities with and in Turkey.