Abstract The Lesser Caucasus, situated between Asia and Europe, has long been
recognised as a key region for the study of human evolution in terms of the timing and routes …

Classification of the Paleolithic into Lower, Middle, and Upper has both chronological and
cultural meanings serving as a framework for reconstructing cultural evolution and …

Abstract The Southern Caucasus lies at the intersection of Africa, the Levant and Eurasia,
and is thus a region of considerable interest in the study of Pleistocene hominin population …

This book is the first complete synthesis of research undertaken so far on the Upper
Palaeolithic archaeology of the Caucasus. It discusses the cultural changes that took place …

Abstract The Zayukovo (Baksan) source is the only obsidian source known in the Northern
Caucasus. We report new data, collected in 2017–2018, about exploitation of the Zayukovo …

This paper aims to understand the cultural diversity among the first modern human
populations in the Iranian Zagros and the implications of this diversity for evolutionary and …

The Armenian highlands encompasses rugged and environmentally diverse landscapes
and is characterized by a mosaic of distinct ecological niches and large temperature …

Modern research in the Caucasus involving both obsidian artefact characterisation and
sourcing enhances our knowledge of the early exploitation and exchange of this raw …

Recent studies of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic in the northwestern Caucasus are
focused on the research of relations between natural (climate and environment) and social …

For more than half a century, prehistorians have grappled with radiocarbon-based
chronologies that are often contradictory and imprecise. Several key debates in the …