To Be or not to Be: An Introduction to the Origins, Nature and Chronology of the EPPNB in the Southern Levant

First and foremost, we would like to thank our colleagues who agreed to present their papers in this special issue. Thank you for your efforts, and most of all, for your patience during this lengthy endeavor. We also thank the reviewers who contributed their critical comments to the articles presented. Most importantly, we would like to thank the editorial board of Paléorient and both the former and current Editor-in-Chief, Victoria de Castéja and Johnny Samuele Baldi, respectively, for taking this project on and for accepting it for publication as well as Lucile Foucher for her wonderful assistance. Thank you for all your efforts and assistance throughout the different stages of this process and for helping us to bring it to life. The publication has received the support of the project PID2022-139529NB-I00, financed by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER, UE, and of the Generalitat de Catalunya (SGR-2021-00501).