Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Tables x
5. Contributors xi
6. Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I Physical Environment and Ecology
9. 1 The Present Environment 5
10. 2 Environmental Changes in the Pleistocene and Holocene 19
11. 3 The Local Environment of Jeitun 27
12. 4 The Local Environment of the Bolshoi Balkhan Sites 35
13. Part II Prehistoric Archaeology
14. 5 History of Archaeological Research 43
15. 6 The Mesolithic and Neolithic Periods: Sites, Sequences, and Subsistence 53
16. Part III Neolithic Crop Plants and Domestic Animals
17. 7 Areas of Origin of the Crops and Domestic Animals 73
18. Part IV Archaeological–Environmental Investigations in Turkmenistan 1989–98
19. 8 Jeitun, the Sumbar and Chandyr Valleys, and the Bolshoi Balkhan Region: Excavation and Survey 95
20. 9 Jeitun: Dating and Analysis of Excavated Materials 119
21. 10 The Bolshoi Balkhan Sites: Analysis of Excavated Materials 197
22. Part V Synthesis and Conclusions
23. 11 Neolithic Settlement and Subsistence 211
24. 12 The Beginnings of Agriculture in Western Central Asia 225
25. Appendices 237
26. Bibliography 269
27. Author Note 297
28. Index 299