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Breaking the Bond: Investigating The Neolithic Expansion in Asia Minor in the Seventh Millennium BC

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In the early seventh millennium BC an expansion of the Neolithic economy and sedentism took place in Asia Minor. This occurred nearly two millennia after the emergence of Neolithic societies in southern central Anatolia, which raises the question of how this expansion occurred, and why it came about at this particular moment. This paper considers various elements that might have played a role in this expansion episode, such as climate change, demography, and agricultural and social changes.

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Düring, B.S. Breaking the Bond: Investigating The Neolithic Expansion in Asia Minor in the Seventh Millennium BC. J World Prehist 26, 75–100 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-013-9065-6

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