Tobias Richter obtained his BA and MPhil from the University of Wales, Lampeter, and his PhD from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London. He is currently Associate Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Early Agricultural Societies at the University of Copenagen. Hojjat Darabi is Associate Professor of Archaeology at Razi University, Iran. He received his BA, MA and PhD from the Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran, between 2002–2011. His main research interest is the Neolithic period in the Zagros region. Peder Mortensen is a former curator at the National Museum of Denmark, lecturer and dean at Aarhus University, director of Moesgaard Museum and inaugural director of the Danish Institute in Damascus. He is now retired and an affiliated professor at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

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• 1. Late Epipaleolithic and Early Neolithic in the Central Zagros: Research Context, Objectives and MethodsHojjat Darabi, Tobias Richter & Peder Mortensen2. Climate, Geography and PalaeoenvironmentA. Ruter, H. Rostami & Ghasem Azizi3. Mar GurgalanTobias Richter, Hojjat Darabi, Cecilie Lelek Tvetmarken & Peder Mortensen4. Excavations at AsiabTobias Richter, Hojjat Darabi & Cecilie Lelek Tvetmarken5. Excavations at Ganj DarehHojjat Darabi, Tobias Richter, Cecilie Lelek Tvetmarken, Christopher Purschwitz & Joe Roe6. Razavahr Valley SurveyShokouh Khosravi, Sajjad Alibaigi, Patrick Pedersen & Joe Roe7. Flaked Stone ArtefactsTobias Richter & Hojjat Darabi8. Small findsHojjat Darabi9. ZooarchaeologyPernille Bangsgaard & Lisa Yeomans10. ArchaeobotanyAmaia Arranz-Otaegui11. PhytolithsGolnaz Ahadi12. Micro-morphology of Asiab and Ganj DarehLisa Maher13. Conclusions: Change and Continuity from Late Epipaleolithic to Early Neolithic in the Central ZagrosHojjat Darabi, Tobias Richter & Peder Mortensen

Tobias Richter obtained his BA and MPhil from the University of Wales, Lampeter, and his PhD from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London. He is currently Associate Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Early Agricultural Societies at the University of Copenagen. Hojjat Darabi is Associate Professor of Archaeology at Razi University, Iran. He received his BA, MA and PhD from the Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran, between 2002–2011. His main research interest is the Neolithic period in the Zagros region. Peder Mortensen is a former curator at the National Museum of Denmark, lecturer and dean at Aarhus University, director of Moesgaard Museum and inaugural director of the Danish Institute in Damascus. He is now retired and an affiliated professor at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

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• 1. Late Epipaleolithic and Early Neolithic in the Central Zagros: Research Context, Objectives and MethodsHojjat Darabi, Tobias Richter & Peder Mortensen2. Climate, Geography and PalaeoenvironmentA. Ruter, H. Rostami & Ghasem Azizi3. Mar GurgalanTobias Richter, Hojjat Darabi, Cecilie Lelek Tvetmarken & Peder Mortensen4. Excavations at AsiabTobias Richter, Hojjat Darabi & Cecilie Lelek Tvetmarken5. Excavations at Ganj DarehHojjat Darabi, Tobias Richter, Cecilie Lelek Tvetmarken, Christopher Purschwitz & Joe Roe6. Razavahr Valley SurveyShokouh Khosravi, Sajjad Alibaigi, Patrick Pedersen & Joe Roe7. Flaked Stone ArtefactsTobias Richter & Hojjat Darabi8. Small findsHojjat Darabi9. ZooarchaeologyPernille Bangsgaard & Lisa Yeomans10. ArchaeobotanyAmaia Arranz-Otaegui11. PhytolithsGolnaz Ahadi12. Micro-morphology of Asiab and Ganj DarehLisa Maher13. Conclusions: Change and Continuity from Late Epipaleolithic to Early Neolithic in the Central ZagrosHojjat Darabi, Tobias Richter & Peder Mortensen