At the Northern Frontier of Near Eastern Archaeology
Recent Research on Caucasia and Anatolia in the Bronze Age / An der Nordgrenze der vorderasiatischen Archaologie: Neue Forschung uber Kaukasien und Anatolien in der Bronzezeit: (Publications of the Georgian-Italian Shida-Kartli Archaeological Project
Edited by Elena Rova Edited by Monica Tonussi
35 papers, originally presented by an international group of researchers at a conference held in Venice in January 2013, present the results of the last 20 years of archaeological research about the pre-classical cultures of the Caucasus and Anatolia, and analyse the latter in the wider framework of their changing relations with those of the Ancient Near East and of the Eurasian steppes. The volume covers a wide chronological span – from the late 5th to the early 1st millennium BC, and includes contributions about a wide range of topics (reports of archaeological excavations and surveys, chronology, economy, social organisation of the ancient populations, technology, long-distance exchange of raw materials and artefacts, archaeometallurgy, landscape archaeology, etc.). According to the most recent developments of research, these are investigated in a remarkably interdisciplinary perspective. The participation to the conference of well-recognised experts working not only in different countries of the Southern Caucasus and in Anatolia (in present-day Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey) but also in the North-Caucasian republics of the present-day Russian Federation offered a rare opportunity to compare and discuss recent trends of archaeological research in these different regions. Therefore, this volume represents a fundamental contribution to both Near Eastern and Caucasian Archaeology.
35 papers, originally presented by an international group of researchers at a conference held in Venice in January 2013, present the results of the last 20 years of archaeological research about the pre-classical cultures of the Caucasus and Anatolia, and analyse the latter in the wider framework of their changing relations with those of the Ancient Near East and of the Eurasian steppes. The volume covers a wide chronological span – from the late 5th to the early 1st millennium BC, and includes contributions about a wide range of topics (reports of archaeological excavations and surveys, chronology, economy, social organisation of the ancient populations, technology, long-distance exchange of raw materials and artefacts, archaeometallurgy, landscape archaeology, etc.). According to the most recent developments of research, these are investigated in a remarkably interdisciplinary perspective. The participation to the conference of well-recognised experts working not only in different countries of the Southern Caucasus and in Anatolia (in present-day Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey) but also in the North-Caucasian republics of the present-day Russian Federation offered a rare opportunity to compare and discuss recent trends of archaeological research in these different regions. Therefore, this volume represents a fundamental contribution to both Near Eastern and Caucasian Archaeology.
- Edited by Elena Rova
- Edited by Monica Tonussi
Other Titles in this Series
Integrative Approaches to the Archaeology and History of Kultepe-Kanes. Kultepe, 4-7 August 2017
KIM 3 (Kultepe International Meetings 3)
Volume 45
Settlement, Mobility, and Land Use in the Birecik-Carchemish Region
(Fifth-Third Millennium BCE)
Volume 49
Proceedings of the 1st Kultepe International Meeting. Kultepe, September 19-23, 2013
Studies Dedicated to Kutlu Emre: (Kultepe International Meetings 1)
Volume 35
Emar after the closure of the Tabqa Dam
The Syrian-German Excavations 1996 - 2002. Volume I: Late Roman and Medieval Cemeteries and Environmental Studies
Volume 25
Mille et une empreintes. Un Alsacien en Orient. Melanges en l’honneur du 65e anniversaire de D. Beyer
Volume 36
Tell Beydar. The 2010 Season of Excavations and Architectural Restoration – A Preliminary Report
Rapport preliminaire sur la campagne de fouilles et de restauration architecturale 2010
Volume 34
Tell ‘Acharneh 1998-2004
Rapports preliminaires sur les campagnes de fouilles et saison d'etudes. Preliminary Reports on Excavation Campaigns and Study Season
Volume 18
Cultural Exchange and Current Research in Kultepe and its Surroundings
Kultepe, 1-4 August 2019
Volume 46
Tell Beydar, the 2000-2002 Seasons of Excavations, the 2003-2004 Seasons of Architectural Restoration. A Preliminary Report
Rapport preliminaire sur les campagnes de fouilles 2000-2003 et les campagnes de restauration architecturale 2003-2004
Volume 15
Interdisciplinary Research on the Bronze Age Diyala
Proceedings of the Conference Held at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study, 2526 June, 2018
Volume 47
Tell Beydar, The 1995 to 1999 Seasons of Excavations. A Preliminary Report
Tell Beydar, Rapport preliminaire sur les campagnes de fouilles de 1995 a 1999
Volume 10
Late Chalcolithic Northern Mesopotamia in Context
Papers from the Workshop held at the 11th ICAANE, Munich, April 5th 2018
Volume 48
Seals and Sealings from Tell Beydar/Nabada (Seasons 1995 – 2001). A Progress Report
Beydar Monographs 1
Volume 27
Khashuri Natsargora – The Early Bronze Age Graves
Publications of the Georgian-Italian Shida Kartli Archaeological Project I
Volume 30
Tell Beydar
The 2004/2-2009 Seasons of Excavations, the 2004/2-2009 Seasons of Architectural Restoration. A Preliminary Report
Volume 29
Kultepe at the Crossroads between Disciplines
Society, Settlement and Environment from the Fourth to the First Millennium BC
Volume 51
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