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Shengavit = Շէնգավիթ : a Kura-Araxes center in Armenia

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Shengavit = Շէնգավիթ : a Kura-Araxes center in Armenia / Hakob Simonyan and Mitchell S. Rothman, editors; with contributions by Gregory Areshian [and 16 others].
Shengavit = Shengavit' : a Kura-Araxes center in Armenia / Hakob Simonyan and Mitchell S. Rothman, editors; with contributions by Gregory Areshian [and 16 others].

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Costa Mesa, California : Mazda Publishers, 2023.
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xviii, 281 pages : color illustrations, maps; 29 x 23 cm

Summary

Shengavit is a six-hectare site of the second phase of the Kura-Araxes starting at about 2900 BCE and lasting until the transition to the Early Kurgan Period at 2500 BCE. In a landscape where most settlements were no larger than one hectare, it appears to have been a small center with some satellite settlements where intensive production of grains, organization to build a stone wall around the settlement that was still visible in the early 20th century CE developed. Excavation began there in the 1930's and continued until the 21st century CE. This volume is the first attempt to provide a complete analysis of the site's remains in light of our broader understanding of cultural and societal evolution at this critical time in human pre- and early history. In fact, it will be the first such book on any Kura-Araxes site in the homeland zone. Accompanied by a web archive on the tDAR site it will be a critical resource for research on the Kura-Araxes and for those interested in the topic--Publisher's website.

Alternative Title

Kura-Araxes center in Armenia

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With contributions by Gregory Areshian, Pam Crabtree, Jennifer Piro, and Douglas Campana, Nyree Manoukian, Hans-Peter and Margartehe Uerpmann, Mikayel Gregoryan, Raffi Durgaryan, and Hayk Igythyan, Roman Hovsepyan, Eliso Kvavadze and Anahit Atoyants, Khatchetor Meliksetiyan and Ernest Pernicka, Dan Rahimi, and Hovhannes Sanamyan.
"Funded by the White Levy Program for Archaeological Publication and the Dolores Zohrab Liebman Fund"--Front cover.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 273-281).

Contents

The Kura-Araxes cultural tradition and Shengavit / Mitchell Rothman and Hakob Simonyan -- Natural setting of Shengavit during the Kura-Araxes / Mitchell Rothman -- Palynology of Shengavit / Eliso Kvavadze and Anahit Atoyants -- The history of the Shengavit excavation, architectural remains, and stratigraphy / Hakob Simonyan and Mitchell Rothman -- Architecture of the Kura-Araxes / Gregory Areshian -- The architecture of Shengavit / Hakob Simonyan and Hovhannes Sanamayan -- Results of the ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey of Shengavit / Raffi Durgaryan, Mikayel Gevorgyan, Haik Igythyan -- Faunal remains of Shengavit / Pam J. Crabtree, Jennifer Piro, Douglas Campana (with data added from Nina Manaseryan, Hans-Peter and Margarethe Uerpmann, and Nyree Manoukian) -- Production, foraging, and use of plants at Shengavit / Roman Hovsepyan -- Lithics / Dan Rahimi -- Metal artifacts from Shengavit in the context of Kura-Araxes metallurgy / Khachetur Meliksetian and Ernst Pernicka -- Pottery / Mitchell Rothman -- Ground stone tools / Mitchell Rothman -- Bone tools / Mitchell Rothman -- Items of personal adornment / Hakob Simonyan and Mitchell Rothman -- Symbols, ritual, and ideology / Mitchell Rothman and Hakob Simonyan -- Mortuary practice at Shengavit / Hakob Simonyan -- Figurines from Shengavit / Hakob Simonyan -- The lifeways of Shengavit : synthesis / Mitchell Rothman and Hakob Simonyan.

Call Number

JFF 23-886

ISBN

9781568593944
1568593945

LCCN

2023930911

OCLC

1334003492

Author

Simonyan, Hakob (Hakob Ervandi), author, editor.

Alternate Script for Author

Սիմոնյան, Հակոբ (Hakob Ervandi), author, editor.

Title

Shengavit = Shengavit' : a Kura-Araxes center in Armenia / Hakob Simonyan and Mitchell S. Rothman, editors; with contributions by Gregory Areshian [and 16 others].

Alternate Script for Title

Shengavit = Շէնգավիթ : a Kura-Araxes center in Armenia / Hakob Simonyan and Mitchell S. Rothman, editors; with contributions by Gregory Areshian [and 16 others].

Publisher

Costa Mesa, California : Mazda Publishers, 2023.

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 273-281).

Added Author

Rothman, Mitchell S., 1952- author, editor.

Crabtree, Pam J., contributor.

Areshyan, G. E., contributor.

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Արեշյան, Գ. Ե., contributer.

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Piro, Jennifer J., contributor.

Campana, Douglas V., contributor.

Manoukian, Nyree, contributor.

Uerpmann, Hans-Peter, 1941- contributor.

Uerpmann, Margarethe, contributor.

Gevorgyan, Mikayel, contributor.

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Գևորգյան, Միկայել, contribute.

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Durgaryan, Raffi, contributor.

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Դուրգարյան, Րաֆֆի, contributor.

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Igitʹyan, Hayk, contributor.

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Իգիթյան, Հայկ, contributor.

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Hovsepʻyan, Ṛ. A. (Ṛoman A.), contributor.

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Հովսեփյան, Ռ. Ա. (Ṛoman A.), contributor.

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Kvavadze, Ė. V., contributor.

Atʻoyantsʻ, Anahit L., contributor.

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Աթոյանց, Անահիտ Լ., contributor.

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Melikʻsetʻyan, Khachʻatur B., contributor.

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Մելիքսեթյան, Խաչատուր Բ., contributor.

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Pernicka, Ernst, contributor.

Rahimi, Dan (Archaeologist), contributor.

Sanamyan, Hovhannes, 1955- contributor.

Alternate Script for Added Author

Սանամյան, Հովհաննես, 1955- contributor.

Added Author

Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications (Firm), funder.

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund, funder.

Research Call Number

JFF 23-886

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