The chalcolithic of the Near East and south-eastern Europe: Discoveries and new perspectives from the cave complex Areni-1, Armenia

Antiquity

Volumn 86, Issue 331, 2012, Pages 115-130

  Areshian, Gregory E ^a   Gasparyan, Boris ^b   Avetisyan, Pavel S ^b   Pinhasi, Ron ^c   Wilkinson, Keith ^d   Smith, Alexia ^e   Hovsepyan, Román ^b   Zardaryan, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Armenia; Caucasus; Cave; Chalcolithic; Fourth millennium BC; Maikop; Preserved shoe; Storage; Uruk; Wine making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863230803     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00062499     Document Type: Article

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