Exchange patterns, boundary formation, and sociopolitical change in Late Bronze Age Southern Caucasia: preliminary results from a pottery provenance study in northwestern Armenia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1673-1682

  Lindsay, Ian ^a   Minc, Leah ^b   Descantes, Christophe ^c   Speakman, Robert J ^d   Glascock, Michael D ^e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MUSEUM CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Caucasus; Ceramics; Late Bronze Age; NAA; Political economy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ARMENIA; ASIA; CAUCASUS; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 41949135064     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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