Areni Cave

Rituali di sepoltura in alcune caverne dell'Armenia 01.07.2026

In Media Oriente la tradizione della sepoltura in caveme risale al Paleolitico Media. Sono note alcune sepolture neanderthaliane sia di gruppo che ...

Neolithic and Chalcolithic (Aeneolithic) Periods in Armenia 02.07.2013

After the melting of ice sheets of the Earth's last glacial age about 12,000 years ago, the rise of human civilization began in southwestern Asia. ...

The fruits of migration: Understanding the ‘longue dureé’ and the socio-economic relations of the Early Transcaucasian Culture 02.07.2013

The appearance of the Early Transcaucasian Culture (ETC) across large portions of the Near East in the 3rd millennium BC is commonly cited as one of ...

The relationship between the Caucasus and the Middle East during the “pre-Kura-Araxes” period 02.07.2026

The problem of chronological correlation of archaeological materials of the Caucasus and the Near East, which has crucial value in the developing of ...

Pig Domestication and Human-Mediated Dispersal in Western Eurasia Revealed through Ancient DNA and Geometric Morphometrics 02.07.2013

Zooarcheological evidence suggests that pigs were domesticated in Southwest Asia 8,500 BC. They then spread across the Middle and Near East and ...

Areni Olos Paslaptys 02.07.2026

THE MYSTERIES OF THE ARENI CAVEIn the summer of 2007, a joint e.rpedition made up of e.rperts from Armenia. the USA and Ireland. under the leadership ...

Past, Current and Future Contribution of Zooarchaeology to the Knowledge of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic Cultures in South Caucasus 04.07.2014

The territories located between the Great Caucasus range and the Araxes river (here after South Caucasus) are, in a geographical perspective, ...

Transition to Extractive Metallurgy and Social Transformation in Armenia at the End of the Stone Age 04.07.2014

Recent archaeological work in the South Caucasian region in general and in Armenia in particular, accompanied by a great quantity of new C14 data, ...

Recently Discovered Lower Paleolithic Sites of Armenia 04.07.2026

Situated within a natural cul-de-sac between the Black and Caspian Seas and the Greater Caucasus, the southern Caucasus, a term that commonly refers ...

Transcaucasia and the Problem of the Uruk Cultural Phenomenon 04.07.2014

If G. Algaze's theory based on the supposed unbalanced relations between a main centre (southern Mesopotamia with city-states) and a less developed ...

Rethinking the Kura-Araxes Genesis 04.02.2014

Abstract: The Kura-Araxes horizon is arguably the most long-lived and geographically expansive archaeological complex of the prehistoric Near East, ...

Kura Araxes Culture Areas and The Late 4th And Early 3rd Millennia BC Pottery From Veli Sevin’s Surveys In Malatya And Elaziğ, Turkey 04.07.2014

ABSTRACT – The Kura Araxes, a cultural tradition of the late 4thand 3rd millennia BC, has recently become a focus of international ...

Late Chalcolithic and Medieval Archaeobotanical Remains from Areni-1 (Birds’ Cave), Armenia 04.07.2014

Areni-1 (also known as Birds’ Cave) is a three-chambered karstic cave located on the left-hand side of the Arpa River basin, a tributary of the ...

Weaving the Ancient Past: Chalcolithic Basket and Textile Technology at the Areni-1 Cave, Armenia 05.07.2014

Before our ancestors began to fi re pottery or smelt metals, they made hats, garments, containers, bags, floor coverings and clothing by twisting and ...

Optimization of DNA Recovery and Amplification from Non-Carbonized Archaeobotanical Remains 27.01.2014

AbstractAncient DNA (aDNA) recovered from archaeobotanical remains can provide key insights into many prominent archaeological research questions, ...

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