Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The land of Asia Minor; 2. Archaeology in Asia Minor; 3. Hunter-gatherers of the Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic (20,000-6,000); 4. Early farmers of the southern plateau (8,500-6,500); 5. Neolithic dispersals (6,500-5,500); 6. Millennia in the middle (5,500-3,000); 7. Elites and commoners (3,000-2,000); Conclusions.