Amaia Arranz Otaegui

Amaia Arranz Otaegui

External Researcher


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Revisiting the concept of the ‘Neolithic Founder Crops’ in southwest Asia

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz & Roe, Joe, 8 Apr 2023, In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Identifying the chaîne opératoire of club-rush (Bolboschoenus glaucus (Lam.) S.G.Sm) tuber exploitation during the Early Natufian in the Black Desert (northeastern Jordan)

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Pedersen, P. N., Schmidt, A. F., Jörgensen Lindahl, Anne, Roe, Joe, Villemoes, J., Pantos, G. A. & Killackey, K., 2023, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 47, 14 p., 103677.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. 2021
  5. Published

    Sickle gloss texture analysis elucidates long-term change in plant harvesting during the transition to agriculture

    Ibanez-Estevez, J. J., Anderson, P. C., Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Gonzalez-Urquijo, J. E., Jörgensen Lindahl, Anne, Mazzucco, N., Pichon, F. & Richter, Tobias, Dec 2021, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 136

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    The Evolution of Plant Harvesting at The Dawn of Agriculture: Perspectives from Sickle Gloss Texture Analyses

    Ibáñez, J., Anderson, P., Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, González-Urquijo, J., Jörgensen Lindahl, Anne, Mazzucco, N., Pichon, F. & Richter, Tobias, 4 Jan 2021

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  7. Published

    Early Neolithic occupation of the lowlands of south-western Iran: new evidence from Tapeh Mahtaj

    Darabi, Hojjat, Bangsgaard, P., Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Ahadi, G. & Olsen, J., 2021, In: Antiquity. 95, 379, p. 27-44 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Identification of the Triticoid-type grains (Poaceae) from archaeobotanical assemblages in southwest Asia as Heteranthelium piliferum (Banks & Sol.) Hochst.

    Weide, A., Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Schmidt, A. F., Kim, H., Charles, M., Zeidi, M., Darabi, Hojjat, Richter, Tobias & Conard, N. J., 2021, In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 30, p. 657–674

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    The Formation of Early Neolithic Communities in the central Zagros: an 11,500 year-old communal structure at Asiab

    Richter, Tobias, Darabi, H., Alibaigi, S., Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Bangsgaard, P., Khosravi, S., Maher, L., Mortensen, P., Pedersen, P. N., Roe, Joe & Yeomans, Lisa, 2021, In: Oxford Journal of Archaeology. 40, 1, p. 2-22

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  10. 2020
  11. Published

    Sporadic occupation in Armiña cave during the Upper Magdalenian: What for?

    Rios-Garaizar, J., San Emeterio, A., Arriolabengoa, M., Aranbarri, J., Rofes, J., Marín-Arroyo, A. B., Rivero, O., Intxaurbe, I., Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Salazar, S., Medina-Alcaide, M. Á. & Garate, D., 2020, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 2019
  13. Published

    New excavations at Tapeh Asiab, Kermanshah, Central Zagros

    Darabi, H., Richter, Tobias, Alibaigi, S., Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Bangsgaard, P., Khosravi, S., Ruter, Anthony Henry, Yeomans, Lisa & Mortensen, P., 2019, In: Journal of the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research . 2019, 2, p. 79-91 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  14. 2018
  15. Published

    Archaeobotanical evidence reveals the origins of bread 14,400 years ago in northeastern Jordan

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Gonzalez Carretero, L., N. Ramsey, M., Fuller, D. Q. & Richter, Tobias, 31 Jul 2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 201801071.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    “Founder crops” v. wild plants: Assessing the plant-based diet of the last hunter-gatherers in southwest Asia

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Roe, Joe, González Carretero, L. & Richter, Tobias, 15 Apr 2018, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 186, p. 263-283 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  17. 2017
  18. Published

    High Resolution AMS Dates from Shubayqa 1, northeast Jordan Reveal Complex Origins of Late Epipalaeolithic Natufian in the Levant

    Richter, Tobias, Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Yeomans, Lisa & Boaretto, E., 5 Dec 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 1, p. 1-10 11 p., 17025.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Dung use before animal domestication in southwest Asia: evidence from early Natufian Shubayqa 1 (northeastern Jordan)

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Polo-Diaz, A. & Richter, T., 2017.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  20. Published

    La explotación de plantas en el Jabal al-Arab (sur de Siria), una aproximación etnobotánica.

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Ibañez, J. J. & Zapata, L., 2017, Miscelánea en homenaje a Lydia Zapata Peña (1965-2015). Universidad del Pais Vasco, p. 63-82 20 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Landscape transformation at the dawn of agriculture in southern Syria (10.7-9,9 ka cal. BP): Plant-specific responses to the impact of human activities and climate change

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, López-Sáez, J. A., Araus, J. L., Portillo, M., Balbo, A., Iriarte, E., Gourichon, L., Braemer, F., Zapata, L. & Ibañez, J. J., 2017, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 158, p. 145-163 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Landscape transformations at the dawn of agriculture in southern Syria (10.7–9.9 ka cal. BP): Plant-specific responses to the impact of human activities and climate change

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, López-Sáez, J. A., Araus, J. L., Portillo, M., Balbo, A., Iriarte, E., Gourichon, L., Braemer, F., Zapata, L. & Ibáñez, J. J., 2017, In: Quaternary Science Reviews.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Multi-Proxi analyses of 14,000 years old hearth structures: evidence from Shubayqa 1 (Jordan)

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Polo-Diaz, A. & Richter, T., 2017.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  24. 2016
  25. Published

    Wild Harvest - Hunter-gatherer plant use in southwest Asia:: the path to agriculture

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Ibáñez, J. J. & Zapata-Peña, L., 20 Apr 2016, Wild Harvest.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    A Late Natufian and PPNA Settlement in North-East Jordan: Interim Report on the 2014-2016 Excavations at Shubayqa 6

    Richter, Tobias, Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Boaretto, E., Bocaege, E., Estrup, E., Martinez-Gallardo, C., Pantos, G. A., Pedersen, P. N., Saehle, I. & Yeomans, Lisa, 2016, In: Neo-Lithics. A newsletter of southwest Asian lithics research. 2016, 1, p. 13-21 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  27. Published

    Crop husbandry activities and wild plant gathering, use and consumption at the EPPNB Tell Qarassa North (south Syria)

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Colledge, S., Ibañez, J. J. & Zapata, L., 2016, In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 25, 6, p. 629-645 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published
  29. Published

    Evaluating the impact of water processing on wood charcoal remains: Tell Qarassa North, a case study

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Zapata, L., Colledge, S. & Ibañez, J. J., 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  30. Published

    Hunter-gatherer plant use in southwest Asia: The path to agriculture

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Ibañez, J. J. & Zapata, L., 2016, Wild harvest : Plants in the hominin and pre-agrarian human worlds. Hardy, K. & Kubiak-Martens, L. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow Books, p. 91-110 20 p. 5. (Studying scientific archaeology, Vol. 2).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Plant exploitation during the early Natufian in north-eastern Jordan: preliminary results from Shubayqa 1

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz & Richter, Tobias, 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  32. Published

    Preliminary Analysis of the Ground Stone from Shubayqa 1, Jordan

    Pedersen, P. N., Richter, Tobias & Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, 2016, In: Journal of Lithic Studies. 3, 3, p. 379-402 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Preliminary analysis of the Late Natufian ground stone from Shubayqa 1, Jordan

    Pedersen, P., Richter, Tobias & Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, 2016, In: Journal of Lithic Studies. 3, 3, p. 379-402.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Regional diversity on the timing for the initial appearance of cereal cultivation and domestication in southwest Asia

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Colledge, S., Zapata, L., Teira-Mayolini, L. C. & Ibáñez, J. J., 2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Regional diversity on the timing for the origins of cereal cultivation and domestication in southwest Asia

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Colledge, S., Zapata, L., Teira-Mayolini, L. & Ibañez, J. J., 2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 113, 49, p. 14001-14006 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Shubayqa 6: a new Late Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic A settlement in north-east Jordan

    Richter, Tobias, Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Boaretto, E., Bocaege, E., Estrup, E., Martinez-Gallardo, C., Pantos, G. A., Pedersen, P. N. & Yeomans, Lisa, 2016, In: Antiquity. 90, 354, p. 1-5 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  37. Published

    The plant macroremains from PPNB Tell Labwe (Lebanon)

    Gyurova, D., Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Richter, Tobias, Häidar-Boustani, M. & Ibañez, J. J., 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  38. Published

    Tubers, grains, dung and wood: studying hearth contents at the early Natufian Shubayqa 1 (north-eastern Jordan)

    Otaegui, Amaia Arranz & Richter, Tobias, 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  39. 2015
  40. Published

    Ethnobotany of millet cultivation in the north of the Iberian Peninsula

    Moreno-Larrazabal, A., Teira-Brión, A., Sopelana-Salcedo, I., Otaegui, Amaia Arranz & Zapata, L., 2015, In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 24, 4, p. 541-554 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  41. 2014
  42. Published

    Preliminary Report on the Second Season of Excavation at Shubayqa 1

    Richter, Tobias, Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, House, M., Rafaiah, A. M. & Yeomans, Lisa, 2014, In: Neo-Lithics. A newsletter of southwest Asian lithics research. 14, 1, p. 3-10 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  43. 2012
  44. Published

    Excavations at the Late Epipalaeolithic Site of Shubayqa 1: Preliminary Report on the First Season

    Richter, Tobias, Bode, L., House, M., Iversen, Rune, Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Saehle, I., Thaarup, G., Tvede, M. & Yeomans, Lisa, 2012, In: Neo-Lithics. A newsletter of southwest Asian lithics research. 2012, 2, p. 3-14 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  45. Published

    Squaring the Circle. Social and Environmental Implications of Pre-Pottery Neolithic Building Technology at Tell Qarassa (South Syria)

    Balbo, A., Iriarte, E., Otaegui, Amaia Arranz, Zapata, L., Lancelotti, C., Madella, M., Teira, L., Jimenez, M., Braemer, F. & Ibañez, J. J., 2012, In: PLOS ONE.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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