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Shengavit = Shengavit' : a Kura-Araxes center in Armenia / Hakob Simonyan and Mitchell S. Rothman, editors; with contributions by Gregory Areshian [and 16 others].
Shengavit = Շէնգավիթ : a Kura-Araxes center in Armenia Hakob Simonyan and Mitchell S. Rothman, editors; with contributions by Gregory Areshian [and 16 others].
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simonyan, Hakob (Hakob Ervandi), author, editor.
- Rothman, Mitchell S., 1952- author, editor.
- Սիմոնյան, Հակոբ (Հակոբ Երվանդի), author, editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kura-Araxes culture--Armenia (Republic).
- Kura-Araxes culture.
- Bronze age--Armenia (Republic).
- Bronze age.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Armenia (Republic)--Shengavit.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Armenia (Republic)--Yerevan.
- Yerevan (Armenia)--Antiquities.
- Yerevan (Armenia).
- Antiquities.
- Armenia (Republic).
- Armenia (Republic)--Yerevan.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 281 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 x 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Kura-Araxes center in Armenia
- Place of Publication:
- Costa Mesa, California : Mazda Publishers, 2023.
- Summary:
- Shengavit is a six-hectare site of the second phase of the Kura-Araxes starting at about 2900 BCE and lasting until the transition to the Early Kurgan Period at 2500 BCE. In a landscape where most settlements were no larger than one hectare, it appears to have been a small center with some satellite settlements where intensive production of grains, organization to build a stone wall around the settlement that was still visible in the early 20th century CE developed. Excavation began there in the 1930's and continued until the 21st century CE. This volume is the first attempt to provide a complete analysis of the site's remains in light of our broader understanding of cultural and societal evolution at this critical time in human pre- and early history. In fact, it will be the first such book on any Kura-Araxes site in the homeland zone. Accompanied by a web archive on the tDAR site it will be a critical resource for research on the Kura-Araxes and for those interested in the topic--Publisher's website.
- Contents:
- The Kura-Araxes cultural tradition and Shengavit / Mitchell Rothman and Hakob Simonyan
- Natural setting of Shengavit during the Kura-Araxes / Mitchell Rothman
- Palynology of Shengavit / Eliso Kvavadze and Anahit Atoyants
- The history of the Shengavit excavation, architectural remains, and stratigraphy / Hakob Simonyan and Mitchell Rothman
- Architecture of the Kura-Araxes / Gregory Areshian
- The architecture of Shengavit / Hakob Simonyan and Hovhannes Sanamayan
- Results of the ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey of Shengavit / Raffi Durgaryan, Mikayel Gevorgyan, Haik Igythyan
- Faunal remains of Shengavit / Pam J. Crabtree, Jennifer Piro, Douglas Campana (with data added from Nina Manaseryan, Hans-Peter and Margarethe Uerpmann, and Nyree Manoukian)
- Production, foraging, and use of plants at Shengavit / Roman Hovsepyan
- Lithics / Dan Rahimi
- Metal artifacts from Shengavit in the context of Kura-Araxes metallurgy / Khachetur Meliksetian and Ernst Pernicka
- Pottery / Mitchell Rothman
- Ground stone tools / Mitchell Rothman
- Bone tools / Mitchell Rothman
- Items of personal adornment / Hakob Simonyan and Mitchell Rothman
- Symbols, ritual, and ideology / Mitchell Rothman and Hakob Simonyan
- Mortuary practice at Shengavit / Hakob Simonyan
- Figurines from Shengavit / Hakob Simonyan
- The lifeways of Shengavit : synthesis / Mitchell Rothman and Hakob Simonyan.
- Notes:
- With contributions by Gregory Areshian, Pam Crabtree, Jennifer Piro, and Douglas Campana, Nyree Manoukian, Hans-Peter and Margartehe Uerpmann, Mikayel Gregoryan, Raffi Durgaryan, and Hayk Igythyan, Roman Hovsepyan, Eliso Kvavadze and Anahit Atoyants, Khatchetor Meliksetiyan and Ernest Pernicka, Dan Rahimi, and Hovhannes Sanamyan.
- "Funded by the White Levy Program for Archaeological Publication and the Dolores Zohrab Liebman Fund"--Front cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 273-281).
- ISBN:
- 9781568593944
- 1568593945
- OCLC:
- 1334003492
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