Antonio Sagona

The Archaeology of the Caucasus

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Produktbeschreibung

This conspectus brings together in an accessible and systematic manner a dizzy array of archaeological cultures situated between several worlds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 562
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1239g
• ISBN-13: 9781107016590
• ISBN-10: 1107016592
• Artikelnr.: 47866987

Autorenporträt

Antonio Sagona is an archaeologist of the ancient Near East, with expertise in Anatolia and the Caucasus. He has written a number of books on the subject, including Ancient Turkey (2009). He is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities, and an Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Editor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, he teaches at the University of Melbourne.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The land and its languages
2. Traillblazers: the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic foundations
3. Transition to settled life: the Neolithic
4. Far-flung networks: the Chalcolithic
5. Encounters beyond the Caucasus: the Kura-Araxes culture and the early Bronze Age
6. Dolmens for the dead: the Western Caucasus in the Bronze Age
7. The emergence of elites and a new social order
8. From fortresses to fragmentation: the Southern Caucasus in the Late Bronze Age through Iron Age I
9. Smiths, warriors and womenfolk: the Koban culture of the Northern Caucasus
10. A world apart: the Colchian culture
11. The grand challenges for the archaeology of the Caucasus.