The archaeology of the Caucasus : from the earliest settlements to the Iron Age / Antonio Sagona, University of Melbourne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sagona, A. G., author.

Series:

Cambridge world archaeology.

Cambridge world archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Caucasus.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Caucasus--Antiquities.

Caucasus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 541 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

In The Archaeology of the Caucasus, Antonio Sagona provides the first comprehensive survey of a key area in the Eurasian land mass, from the earliest settlement to the end of the early Iron Age. Examining the bewildering array of cultural complexes found in the region, he draws on both Soviet and post-Soviet investigations and synthesises the vast quantity of diverse and often fragmented evidence across the region's frontiers. Written in an engaging manner that balances material culture and theory, the volume focuses on the most significant sites and cultural traditions. Sagona also highlights the accomplishments of the Caucasian communities and situates them within the broader setting of their neighbours in Anatolia, Iran, and Russia. Sprinkled with new data, much of it published here for the first time, The Archaeology of the Caucasus contains many new photographs, drawings and plans, many of which have not been accessible to Western researchers.

Contents:

The land and its languages

Trailblazers: the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic foundations

Transition to settled life: the Neolithic

Far-flung networks: the Chalcolithic (5000/4800-3500 BC)

Encounters beyond the Caucasus: the Kura-Araxes culture and the early Bronze Age (3500-2400 BC)

Dolmens for the dead: the western Caucasus in the Bronze Age (3250-1250 BC)

The emergence of elites and a new social order (2500-1500 BC)

From fortresses to fragmentation: the southern Caucasus in the late Bronze through Iron Age I (1500-800 BC)

Smiths, warriors and womenfolk: the Koban culture of the northern Caucasus (1400-600 BC)

A world apart: the Colchian culture

The grand challenges for the archaeology of the Caucasus.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Nov 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-51457-X

1-108-50563-5

1-108-51308-5

1-108-51606-8

1-108-51755-2

1-139-06125-9

1-108-52351-X