TY - JOUR
T1 - The middle palaeolithic record of Georgia
T2 - A synthesis of the technological, economic and paleoanthropological aspects
AU - Moncel, Marie Hélène
AU - Pleurdeau, David
AU - Pinhasi, Ron
AU - Yeshurun, Reuven
AU - Agapishvili, Tamar
AU - Chevalier, Tony
AU - LeBourdonnec, François Xavier
AU - Poupeau, Gérard
AU - Nomade, Sébastien
AU - Jennings, Richard
AU - Higham, Tom
AU - Tushubramishvili, Nickolas
AU - Lordkipanidze, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2015 Moravian Museum, Anthropos Institute, Brno. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This paper presents an overview of the work carried out over the last decade on the Middle Palaeolithic of Georgia by a Georgian-French team, co-directed by the national Museums of Georgia and France. Since 2000, the importance of several Middle Palaeolithic key sites in the Rioni-Kvririla Basin (western Georgia) has been highlighted by this collaboration. Southern Caucasus/Transcaucasia was occupied by human groups throughout the Pleistocene. This is to some extent due to its geographic position at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as the fact that the region offered a rich variety of ecological niches to hominin populations. The southern flanks of the Great Caucasus mountain range is an area particularly rich in Palaeolithic sites, which have revealed evidence of the local evolution of some regionally-specific Palaeolithic traditions, as well as broader regional influences, particularly in relation to the Levant. The archaeological record of these sites demonstrates the need for further investigation into the relationship between environmental and cultural changes in order to enhance our understanding of the role of the Caucasus Mountains during the Palaeolithic.
AB - This paper presents an overview of the work carried out over the last decade on the Middle Palaeolithic of Georgia by a Georgian-French team, co-directed by the national Museums of Georgia and France. Since 2000, the importance of several Middle Palaeolithic key sites in the Rioni-Kvririla Basin (western Georgia) has been highlighted by this collaboration. Southern Caucasus/Transcaucasia was occupied by human groups throughout the Pleistocene. This is to some extent due to its geographic position at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as the fact that the region offered a rich variety of ecological niches to hominin populations. The southern flanks of the Great Caucasus mountain range is an area particularly rich in Palaeolithic sites, which have revealed evidence of the local evolution of some regionally-specific Palaeolithic traditions, as well as broader regional influences, particularly in relation to the Levant. The archaeological record of these sites demonstrates the need for further investigation into the relationship between environmental and cultural changes in order to enhance our understanding of the role of the Caucasus Mountains during the Palaeolithic.
KW - Economy
KW - Middle palaeolithic
KW - Palaeoanthropology
KW - South caucasus Georgia
KW - Technology
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M3 - Review article
SN - 0323-1119
VL - 53
SP - 93
EP - 125
JO - Anthropologie (Czech Republic)
JF - Anthropologie (Czech Republic)
IS - 1-2
ER -