The Archaeology of the Caucasus

From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age

Antonio Sagona

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781107016590
• eBook ISBN:
  9781108514576
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: Social Sciences

In The Archaeology of the Caucasus, Antonio Sagona provides the first comprehensive survey of a key area in the Eurasian land mass, from the earliest settlement to the end of the early Iron Age. Examining the bewildering array of cultural complexes found in the region, he draws on both Soviet and post-Soviet investigations and synthesises the vast quantity of diverse and often fragmented evidence across the region's frontiers. Written in an engaging manner that balances material culture and theory, the volume focuses on the most significant sites and cultural traditions. Sagona also highlights the accomplishments of the Caucasian communities and situates them within the broader setting of their neighbours in Anatolia, Iran, and Russia. Sprinkled with new data, much of it published here for the first time, The Archaeology of the Caucasus contains many new photographs, drawings and plans, many of which have not been accessible to Western researchers.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Series information
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Table of contents
• List of figures
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 The Land and Its Languages
• Chapter 2 Trailblazers
• Chapter 3 Transition to Settled Life
• Chapter 4 Far-Flung Networks
• Chapter 5 Encounters beyond the Caucasus
• Chapter 6 Dolmens for the Dead
• Chapter 7 The Emergence of Elites and a New Social Order (2500–1500 BC)
• Chapter 8 From Fortresses to Fragmentation
• Chapter 9 Smiths, Warriors, and Womenfolk
• Chapter 10 A World Apart
• Chapter 11 The Grand Challenges for the Archaeology of the Caucasus
• References
• Index