The Neolithic Settlement of Aknashen (Ararat valley, Armenia)
Excavation seasons 2004-2015
Edited by Ruben Badalyan Edited by Christine Chataigner Edited by Armine Harutyunyan
Paperback (Published)
(February 2022)
ISBN: 9781803270029
8.07 x 11.42 inches
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This is the first monograph devoted to the Neolithic period in Armenia. The volume concerns the natural environment, material culture and subsistence economy of the populations of the first half of the 6th millennium BC, who established the first sedentary settlements in the alluvial plain of the Araxes river.
The Neolithic settlement of Aknashen (Ararat valley, Armenia): excavation seasons 2004-2015 is the first monograph devoted to the Neolithic period in Armenia. The research is based on an Armenian-French project, in which specialists from Canada, Romania, Germany and Greece also participated. The volume concerns the natural environment, material culture and subsistence economy of the populations of the first half of the 6th millennium BC, who established the first sedentary settlements in the alluvial plain of the Araxes river. The thickness of the cultural layer of Aknashen (almost 5m), the extent of the excavated areas and the multidisciplinary nature of the research, confer great importance upon this site for the study of the Neolithic, both in Armenia and in the South Caucasus as a whole. The publication examines the similarities and differences that exist between the sites established in the 6th millennium in the basins of the rivers Araxes (Armenia) and Kura (Georgia and Azerbaijan), as well as parallels with contemporary cultures in Southwest Asia. It also examines questions concerning the characterisation and periodisation of the Neolithic in the central part of the South Caucasus, the emergence of a production economy (pottery, animal husbandry, etc.) and the Neolithisation of this region.
Contents Acknowledgements List of authors Introduction - Ruben Badalyan, Christine Chataigner and Armine Harutyunyan THE SETTLEMENT AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL CONTEXTS The settlement of Aknashen: stratigraphy and architecture - Ruben Badalyan and Armine Harutyunyan Mortuary practices at Aknashen - Modwene Poulmarc'h, Levon Aghikyan and Francoise Le Mort Tectonic impact on the Ararat Depression during the Late Neolithic: the example of the Aknashen settlement - Arkadi Karakhanyan, Lilit Sahakyan, Ara Avagyan, Andreas Iordanidis and Tatul Stalyan The many geomorphic factors and responses in the reconstruction of the Aknashen landscape - Vincent Ollivier Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates from Aknashen - Christine Chataigner, Ruben Badalyan and Armine Harutyunyan The pottery of Aknashen - Armine Harutyunyan THE ARTEFACTS Aknashen: techno-typological and functional analysis of the lithic assemblage - Jacques Chabot, Cynthia Gosselin, Patrick Eid and Bastien Varoutsikos Aknashen lithic tradition in a regional context: blade-making and neolithization of the Southern Caucasus - Bastien Varoutsikos and Artur Petrosyan The provenance of the obsidian used at Aknashen - Bernard Gratuze, Ruben Badalyan and Christine Chataigner The macrolithic industry from Aknashen - Caroline Hamon and Khachatur Meliksetian Axes and grooved polishers from Aknashen - Caroline Hamon, Ruben Badalyan and Lilit Sahakyan Neolithic bone tools from Aknashen - Christine Chataigner, Ruben Badalyan and Rozalia Christidou Miscellaneous objects from Aknashen - Ruben Badalyan, Armine Harutyunyan, Khachatur Meliksetian, Ernst Pernicka and Rozalia Christidou THE SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY Animal subsistence economy at the Neolithic site of Aknashen - Adrian Bala?escu and Valentin Radu Current results of archaeobotanical studies at the Neolithic settlement of Aknashen (Ararat valley - Roman Hovsepyan Conclusion: The Neolithic of the Ararat valley and the South Caucasus - Ruben Badalyan, Christine Chataigner and Armine Harutyunyan Bibliography, Contents ;
Acknowledgements ;
List of authors ;
Introduction – Ruben Badalyan, Christine Chataigner and Armine Harutyunyan THE SETTLEMENT AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL CONTEXTSRuben Badalyan and Armine HarutyunyanModwene Poulmarc’h, Levon Aghikyan and Françoise Le MortArkadi Karakhanyan, Lilit Sahakyan, Ara Avagyan, Andreas Iordanidis and Tatul StalyanVincent OllivierChristine Chataigner, Ruben Badalyan and Armine HarutyunyanArmine Harutyunyan THE ARTEFACTS ;
Aknashen: techno-typological and functional analysis of the lithic assemblage – Jacques Chabot, Cynthia Gosselin, Patrick Eid and Bastien VaroutsikosBastien Varoutsikos and Artur PetrosyanBernard Gratuze, Ruben Badalyan and Christine ChataignerCaroline Hamon and Khachatur MeliksetianCaroline Hamon, Ruben Badalyan and Lilit SahakyanChristine Chataigner, Ruben Badalyan and Rozalia ChristidouRuben Badalyan, Armine Harutyunyan, Khachatur Meliksetian, Ernst Pernicka and Rozalia Christidou THE SUBSISTENCE ECONOMYAdrian Bălășescu and Valentin RaduRoman Hovsepyan Conclusion: The Neolithic of the Ararat valley and the South Caucasus – Ruben Badalyan, Christine Chataigner and Armine Harutyunyan Bibliography
- Edited by Ruben Badalyan
- Edited by Christine Chataigner
- Edited by Armine Harutyunyan
‘This book offers the first detailed analyses of results from 11 years of excavations at the sixth-millennium BC Neolithic site of Aknashen, Ararat Valley, Armenia. The site is close to two other Neolithic settlements, Aratashen and Masis Blur, both of which are, unfortunately, less well preserved. Besides the Introduction and the Conclusion, the book includes 15 chapters from different specialists that deal with various aspects of the site and its material culture (e.g. environment, stratigraphy and architecture, chronology, mortuary practices, artefacts and subsistence economy). The data presented here, accompanied by a great number of excellent illustrations, are crucial to understanding the development of a Neolithic culture in this part of the world.’ – Bertille Lyonnet (2022), Antiquity
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