The Rich Kurgans of the Ancient Bronze in Eastern Georgia

The Ancient Bronze Age in the southern Caucasus is dated from between the second half of the fourth and the third millennium BCE. It is linked to the Kuro-Aras culture. This ancient farming culture extended all the way to eastern Anatolia, north-western Iran and Syria-Palestine.During the second ha...

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מחבר ראשי: Makharadze, Zurab
פורמט: Article ou chapitre numérique
שפה:Anglais
יצא לאור: La lettre du Collège de France 2015
גישה מקוונת:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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סיכום:The Ancient Bronze Age in the southern Caucasus is dated from between the second half of the fourth and the third millennium BCE. It is linked to the Kuro-Aras culture. This ancient farming culture extended all the way to eastern Anatolia, north-western Iran and Syria-Palestine.During the second half of the third millennium BCE, in the central part of the southern Caucasus, in other words in eastern Georgia, rich inhumations appeared under large kurgans. Two groups have been distinguished, t...