The southern Caucasus in prehistory : stages of cultural and socioeconomic development from the eighth to the second millennium B.C. / K. Kh. Kushnareva ; translated by H.N. Michael.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kushnareva, K. Kh. (Karinė Khristoforovna)

Series:

University Museum monograph ; 99.

University Museum monograph ; 99

Standardized Title:

I͡Uzhnyĭ Kavkaz v IX-II tys. do n.ė.

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Caucasus.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Caucasus--History.

Caucasus.

History.

Caucasus--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xiv, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum, 1997.

Summary:

"The Southern Caucasus in Prehistory" is a major contribution to the archaeological literature of this part of the world. Written by one of the most important figures in Russian archaeology and meticulously translated, it summarizes the findings of the extensive archaeological excavations of the late 1980s at the important sites that have illuminated the Transcaucasian cultures of the Neolithic, Eneolithic, Early and Middle Bronze Ages.Because the Transcaucasus was located at the crossroads between the Middle East and the Near East, the book will be of interest to scholars of the cultures of those regions, as well as to those pursuing research in the Transcaucasus proper.

Contents:

The Epi-Paleolithic/Mesolithic (eighth to the sixth millennium B.C.)

The Neolithic and Eneolithic (sixth to the middle of the fourth millennium B.C.)

The Early Bronze Age (middle of the fourth to the third quarter of the third millennium B.C.)

The Middle Bronze Age (last centuries of the third to the middle of the second millennium B.C.)

Hunters, gatherers, and early agriculturists (eighth to the middle of the fourth millennium B.C.)

Further developments in the economy of the population of the Caucasus (middle of the fourth to the end of the third millennium B.C.)

Some particulars of the economy during the first half of the second millennium B.C.

Notes:

Translation of: I͡Uzhnyĭ Kavkaz v IX-II tys. do n.ė.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-279).

ISBN:

0924171502

OCLC:

37341216