Located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the Caucasus region has played a critical role in the dissemination of languages, ideas, and cultures since prehistoric times. In this study, Aram Yardumian and Theodore Schurr explore the dispersal of human groups in the Caucasus begin...

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Hauptverfasser:	Yardumian, Aram (VerfasserIn), Schurr, Theodore G. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge ; New York Cambridge University Press 2024
Schlagworte:	Human settlements / Caucasus Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric / Caucasus Ethnology / Caucasus Anthropological linguistics / Caucasus Biomolecular archaeology / Caucasus Excavations (Archaeology) / Caucasus Genetic genealogy DNA / Testing Caucasus / Antiquities Caucasus / Languages
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Zusammenfassung:	Located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the Caucasus region has played a critical role in the dissemination of languages, ideas, and cultures since prehistoric times. In this study, Aram Yardumian and Theodore Schurr explore the dispersal of human groups in the Caucasus beginning in the Palaeolithic period. Using evidence from archaeology, linguistics, and anthropological genetics, they trace changes in settlement patterns, cultural practices, and genetic variation. Highlighting the region's ecological diversity, natural resources, and agricultural productivity, Yardumian and Schurr reconstruct the timings and likely migration routes for human settlement following the Last Glacial Maximum, as well as the possible connections to regional economies for these expansions. Based on analysis of archaeological site reports, linguistic relationships, and genetic data previously published separately and in different languages, their synthesis of the most up to date evidence opens new vistas into the chronology and human dynamics of the Caucasus' prehistory
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jan 2025) Acknowledgments -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of captions -- Abbreviations -- Prolegomenon -- Geography and ecology -- Paleoanthropology -- Modern human entry into the Caucasus -- Neolithic revolution -- The Caucasus Chalcolithic and Bronze Age -- Linguistic diversity in the Caucasus -- Genetic history of the Caucasus -- A synthetic view of the peopling of the Caucasus -- Further research into the peopling of the Caucasus studies -- Glossary -- Works cited -- Index
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xii, 310 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781009520201
DOI:	10.1017/9781009520201