Sagona, A. G.,

The archaeology of the Caucasus : from the early Bronze Age to the Iron Age / Antonio Sagona, University of Melbourne. - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource. - Cambridge world archaeology .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The land and its languages -- Trailblazers: the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic foundations -- Transition to settled life: the Neolithic -- Far-flung networks: the Chalcolithic (5000/4800-3500 BC) -- Encounters beyond the Caucasus: the Kura-Araxes culture and the early Bronze Age (3500-2400 BC) -- Dolmens for the dead: the western Caucasus in the Bronze Age (3250-1250 BC) -- The emergence of elites and a new social order (2500-1500 BC) -- From fortresses to fragmentation: the southern Caucasus in the late Bronze through Iron Age I (1500-800 BC) -- Smiths, warriors and womenfolk: the Koban culture of the northern Caucasus (1400-600 BC) -- A world apart: the Colchian culture -- The grand challenges for the archaeology of the Caucasus.



9781108523516


Excavations (Archaeology)--Caucasus.


Electronic Books.

DK509 / .A734 2017