Koban Mezarliği, 9 Ve 12 No'lu Mezarlar

This paper examines funerary assemblages nos. 9 and 12 of the Koban necropolis, located in the Northern Cau­casus. This necropolis, which was excavated in the last quarter of the 19th century, has given its name to one of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age cultures of the Caucasus. The two Koban graves presented here have always been the subject of interest among specialists. Several attempts at their reconstruction are known. As a result of our study of Ernest Chantre's Koban collection at the Lyon museum (France), the two Koban funeral assem­blages are presented differently here than has been done before. Moreover, some objects are published for the first time. Along with presenting the assemblages, we also provide radiocarbon data from grave no. 9, which enable us to re-examine, to an extent, the chronology of Late-Bronze/Early Iron age of Central Caucasus

Art · Humanities · Ancient Near East History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts