Organisation profile

EarlyFoods is a multidisciplinary research effort involving senior and junior scientists
working at the intersection of environmental-social sciences and prehistoric archaeology
between the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology and the Department of Prehistory
of Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona. The overarching aims of EarlyFoods are 1) to advance our
understanding of the origins and changing nature of early food production systems, and 2) to
document and quantify their impacts on past natural environments. EarlyFoods will capitalise on
ongoing research projects by members of our team in regions with evidence of contrasting
evolutionary trajectories in early food production economies: Southern Europe and Anatolia, and
in tropical and subtropical South America. EarlyFoods will act as a platform for catalysing and
supporting research efforts around the subject in these areas