Following the discovery of ceramic assemblages related to “ Chaff-Faced Ware” (CFW) in Transcaucasia, this article questions the origins of this ware production, which is often implicitly associated with Upper Mesopotamia and Northern Syria. After a thorough comparison of CFW assemblages attested from the Caucasus down to the Fertile Crescent, it is argued that the presence of CFW over this wide territory does not result, counter to a frequent opinion, from the migrations of Mesopotamian groups into Transcaucasia : rather, it developed from a local evolution dating back at least to 4500 BC. The territory spanned by CFW thus constitutes some kind of oikoumene, whose centre of gravity is probably located in the Highlands, between the Euphrate...
Kani Shaie is a small archaeological site in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, centrally located in the ...
This paper attempts to contextualise the preliminary results of a survey (EHAS) and excavation (KUGA...
International audienceIf the birth of the first sedentary communities in the Southern Caucasus at th...
Following the discovery of ceramic assemblages related to “ Chaff-Faced Ware” (CFW) in Transcaucasia...
This paper discusses the relationships between the Turkish Upper Euphrates and regions located to th...
International audienceThe existence of relationships between Southern Caucasus and Northern Mesopota...
The earliest archaeological remains excavated at the western foothill of Oylum Höyük, near the Qouei...
International audienceThe existence of relationships between Southern Caucasus and Northern Mesopota...
The strong similarities apparent between the Chalcolithic ceramic assemblages of Norşuntepe in easte...
The Late Chalcolithic (LC; c.4500-3100BCE) was an important period in the developmental history of a...
Excavations and ceramic finds of the Late Chalcolithic 3 (3,700-3,500 BC) from the site of Zeytinli ...
The formative processes of the Kura-Araxes cultural complex, in particular the date and circumstance...
The Late Chalcolithic levels of Tell Afis were excavated between 1991-1999. The principal operation ...
This paper focuses on the ceramic material of Tell Feres al-Sharqi , a little rural site in north-ea...
Due to the nature of their lifestyle and inherent mobility nomadic groups of the past have left litt...
Kani Shaie is a small archaeological site in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, centrally located in the ...
This paper attempts to contextualise the preliminary results of a survey (EHAS) and excavation (KUGA...
International audienceIf the birth of the first sedentary communities in the Southern Caucasus at th...
Following the discovery of ceramic assemblages related to “ Chaff-Faced Ware” (CFW) in Transcaucasia...
This paper discusses the relationships between the Turkish Upper Euphrates and regions located to th...
International audienceThe existence of relationships between Southern Caucasus and Northern Mesopota...
The earliest archaeological remains excavated at the western foothill of Oylum Höyük, near the Qouei...
International audienceThe existence of relationships between Southern Caucasus and Northern Mesopota...
The strong similarities apparent between the Chalcolithic ceramic assemblages of Norşuntepe in easte...
The Late Chalcolithic (LC; c.4500-3100BCE) was an important period in the developmental history of a...
Excavations and ceramic finds of the Late Chalcolithic 3 (3,700-3,500 BC) from the site of Zeytinli ...
The formative processes of the Kura-Araxes cultural complex, in particular the date and circumstance...
The Late Chalcolithic levels of Tell Afis were excavated between 1991-1999. The principal operation ...
This paper focuses on the ceramic material of Tell Feres al-Sharqi , a little rural site in north-ea...
Due to the nature of their lifestyle and inherent mobility nomadic groups of the past have left litt...
Kani Shaie is a small archaeological site in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, centrally located in the ...
This paper attempts to contextualise the preliminary results of a survey (EHAS) and excavation (KUGA...
International audienceIf the birth of the first sedentary communities in the Southern Caucasus at th...