Doga Karakaya is an archaeobotanist who specialized in the identification of charred seeds and fruits. He recently finished his Ph.D. at the University of Tübingen in the Natural Sciences in Archaeology Institute on the plant macro-remains from an Early Bronze-Iron Age settlement in south-central Turkey, Tell Tayinat. Furthermore, he was involved in several research projects of Bronze and Iron Ages in Turkey, with good field experience for recovering the plant remains from archaeological deposits. His long-term research interest focuses on how subsistence practices were affected through environmental and political instabilities in the Near East. In what ways people responded to these changes during the transitional periods such as Late Bronze Age-Iron Age is another research interest of Dr. Karakaya. Currently, he is a post-doctoral researcher in the University of Tübingen working on plant macro-remains from Zincirli Höyük in the same region. This study is part of a larger project that aims to uncover the environmental impact of nomadic communities in the south-central Turkey through analysis of environmental archaeological methods.