International audienceIf the birth of the first sedentary communities in the Southern Caucasus at the end of the 7th millennium BC is discussed, a resumption of archaeological data on architectural techniques demonstrates that cultural relationships with Mesopotamia are complex. The evolution of mud brick technique illustrates this inconsistency. Recent archaeological discoveries at Aruchlo and Mentesh Tepe attest the use of moulding since the beginning of Neolithic. The origin of this technical innovation is probably the result of an autonomous invention and not of a know-how transfer from Mesopotamia. This article is also an opportunity to review the resources available to archaeologists to identify the different manufacturing techniques ...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceOn the basis of new data coming from recent excavations and the re-examination...
International audienceThe existence of relationships between Southern Caucasus and Northern Mesopota...
International audienceThe existence of relationships between Southern Caucasus and Northern Mesopota...
International audienceThe existence of relationships between Southern Caucasus and Northern Mesopota...
International audienceThe research on Near Eastern architecture during the 7th-5th millennia BCE pin...
International audienceThe research on Near Eastern architecture during the 7th-5th millennia BCE pin...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceOn the basis of new data coming from recent excavations and the re-examination...
International audienceThe existence of relationships between Southern Caucasus and Northern Mesopota...
International audienceThe existence of relationships between Southern Caucasus and Northern Mesopota...
International audienceThe existence of relationships between Southern Caucasus and Northern Mesopota...
International audienceThe research on Near Eastern architecture during the 7th-5th millennia BCE pin...
International audienceThe research on Near Eastern architecture during the 7th-5th millennia BCE pin...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceRelationships between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus were first studied in the m...
International audienceOn the basis of new data coming from recent excavations and the re-examination...