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" The foundations of research and regional survey in the Tsaghkahovit Plain, Armenia / "
by Adam T. Smith, Ruben S. Badalyan, and Pavel Avetisyan ; with contributions by Alan Greene and Leah Minc.
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948710
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b703080
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Smith, Adam T.
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The foundations of research and regional survey in the Tsaghkahovit Plain, Armenia /\ by Adam T. Smith, Ruben S. Badalyan, and Pavel Avetisyan ; with contributions by Alan Greene and Leah Minc.
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[Chicago] :: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago,, ©2009.
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Oriental Institute publications,; v. 134
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The archaeology and geography of ancient Transcaucasian societies ;; v. 1
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xlvi, 410 pages, 82 pages of plates :: illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ;; 31 cm.
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1885923627
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: 9781885923622
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Includes bibliographical references (pages xxi-xlvi) and index.
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Archaeology in Armenia : an introduction to project Aragats -- Traditions of archaeological research in Armenia -- Historical and anthropological problems in the archaelology of Southern Caucasia.
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"Until recently, the South Caucasus was a virtual terra incognita on Western archaeological maps of southwest Asia. The conspicuous absence of marked places - of site names, toponyms, and topography - gave the impression of a region distant, unknown, and vacant. The Joint American-Armenian Project for the Archaeology and Geography of Ancient Transcaucasian Societies (Project ArAGATS) was founded in 1998 to explore this terrain. Our investigations were guided by two overarching goals: to illuminate the social and political transformations central to the region's unique (pre)history and to explore the broader intellectual implications of collaboration between the rich archaeological traditions of Armenia (former U.S.S.R.) and the United States. This volume provides the first encompassing report on the ongoing studies of Project ArAGATS, detailing the general context of contemporary archaeological research in the South Caucasus as well as the specific context of our regional investigations in the Tsaghkahovit Plain of central Armenia. The book opens with detailed examinations of the history of archaeology in the South Caucasus, the theoretical problems that currently orient archaeological research, and a comprehensive reevaluation of the material bases for regional chronology and periodization. The work then provides the complete results of our regional investigations in the Tsaghkahovit Plain, including the findings of the first systematic pedestrian survey ever conducted in the Caucasus. Thanks to the results presented in this volume, and Project ArAGATS's ongoing excavations in the area, the Tsaghkahovit Plain is today the best-known archaeological region in the South Caucasus. The present volume thus provides archaeologists with both an orientation to the prehistory of the South Caucasus and the complete findings of the first phase of Project ArAGATS's field investigations."--Publisher's website.
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Archaeological surveying-- Armenia (Republic)-- Tsaghkahovit Plain.
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Bronze age-- Armenia (Republic)
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Excavations (Archaeology)-- Armenia (Republic)-- Tsaghkahovit Plain.
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Iron age-- Armenia (Republic)
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Social archaeology-- Armenia (Republic)-- Tsaghkahovit Plain.
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Antiquities.
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Archaeological surveying.
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Bronze age.
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Iron age.
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Social archaeology.
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Armenia (Republic), Antiquities.
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Tsaghkahovit Plain (Armenia), Antiquities.
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Armenia (Republic)
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Armenia (Republic), Tsaghkahovit Plain.
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947
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GN780.22.A76S65 2009
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Avetisyan, P. S., (Pavel S.),1957-
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Badalian, Rouben S.
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