[HTML][HTML] Genomic history of neolithic to bronze age Anatolia, Northern Levant, and Southern Caucasus

E Skourtanioti, YS Erdal, M Frangipane, FB Restelli… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Here, we report genome-wide data analyses from 110 ancient Near Eastern individuals
spanning the Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age, a period characterized by intense …

Neolithic water management and flooding in the Lesser Caucasus (Georgia)

V Ollivier, M Fontugne, C Hamon, A Decaix… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
River management is generally thought to have started at 5500 cal. BC within the
development of eastern Neolithic societies. In the Lesser Caucasus, evidence of early river …

[HTML][HTML] The South Caucasus from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic: Intersection of the genetic and archaeological data

C Chataigner - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The genomic characterisation of human remains and the study of archaeological
assemblages are complementary keys to understanding the evolution of ancient human …

The Mesolithic-Neolithic interface in the Southern Caucasus: 2016–2017 excavations at Damjili Cave, West Azerbaijan

Y Nishiaki, A Zeynalov, M Mansrov, C Akashi… - … Research in Asia, 2019 - Elsevier
An increasing number of field investigations in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia have
revealed that the Neolithic socio-economy in the Southern Caucasus had emerged by the …

[HTML][HTML] New light on the Late Prehistory of the South Caucasus: Data from the recent excavation campaigns at Kültepe I in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan (2012-2018)

C Marro, V Bakhshaliyev, R Berthon… - … de préhistoire et de …, 2019 - journals.openedition.org
This article discusses the results of a new round of excavations that have been carried out
on the famous site of Kültepe I in Nakhchivan by a French-Azerbaijani team (2012-2018) …

Documenting the initial appearance of domestic cattle in the Eastern Fertile Crescent (northern Iraq and western Iran)

BS Arbuckle, MD Price, H Hongo, B Öksüz - Journal of Archaeological …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper we address the timing of and mechanisms for the appearance of domestic
cattle in the Eastern Fertile Crescent (EFC) region of SW Asia through the analysis of new …

[HTML][HTML] Rethinking architectural techniques of the Southern Caucasus in the 6th millennium BC: A re-examination of former data and new insights

E Baudouin - … . Revue pluridisciplinaire de préhistoire et de …, 2019 - journals.openedition.org
On the basis of new data coming from recent excavations and the re-examination of former
publications, a synthesis of architectural techniques in the Southern Caucasus Neolithic is …

Neolithic residential patterns in the southern Caucasus: Radiocarbon analysis of rebuilding cycles of mudbrick architecture at Göytepe, west Azerbaijan

Y Nishiaki, F Guliyev, S Kadowaki, T Omori - Quaternary International, 2018 - Elsevier
Neolithization took place in the southern Caucasus at the beginning of the sixth millennium
BC, most likely as part of the expansion of the Neolithic socioeconomy from the Middle East …

Grape and wine culture in Georgia, the South Caucasus

D Maghradze, G Samanishvili… - BIO Web of …, 2016 - bio-conferences.org
In 2014, the National Wine Agency of the Republic of Georgia initiated a three-year
“Research Project for the study of Georgian Grapes and Wine Culture. Through collaborative …

Increasing obsidian diversity during the Chalcolithic Period at Yeghegis-1 Rockshelter (Armenia) reveals shifts in land use and social networks

E Frahm, M Saribekyan, S Mkrtchyan, L Furquim… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
The newly excavated rockshelter of Yeghegis-1 in Armenia reflects an occupation of five
centuries, as attested by radiocarbon dates from∼ 4100 to 4000 cal BCE in the lowest layer …