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Chapter Six - The Caucasus Chalcolithic and Bronze Age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2025

Aram Yardumian  and
Theodore G. Schurr
Aram Yardumian
Affiliation:
Bryn Athyn College, Pennsylvania
Theodore G. Schurr
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
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Summary

This chapter covers the shift in metal procurement sites from the Carpatho-Balkans to the Caucasus during the Eneolithic of Europe, and the apparent demographic changes that resulted; the relationship to the Kura-Araxes phenomenon and the Khirbet-Kerak wares of Palestine; examines influences from the Near East and Anatolia on sites such as Leilatepe (Azerbaijan), Tekhuta (Armenia), Berikldeebi (Georgia), and Trialeti (Georgia); and describes the advent of steppe influences in the form of kurgan and wagon cultures.

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MetallogenyExchangeBronze AgeMesopotamiaUrukMaikopKura-AraxesTrialetiKurgan
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The Peopling of the Caucasus
Early Human Settlement at the Crossroads of Continents
 , pp. 62 - 92
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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