Antonio Sagona
Biographic Data
| ID | 1704626 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Antonio Sagona |
| GIVEN NAMES | Antonio |
| FAMILY NAME | Sagona |
| SIGNATURE | SAGONA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5394-3788 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 25 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Archaeology of the Caucasus
In The Archaeology of the Caucasus, Antonio Sagona provides the first comprehensive survey of a key area in the Eurasian land mass, from the earliest settlement to the end of the early Iron Age. Examining the bewildering array of cultural complexes found in the region, he draws on both Soviet and post-Soviet investigations and synthesises the vast quantity of diverse and often fragmented evidence across the region's frontiers. Written in an engag…
The hidden side of ritual
Archaeobotanical and isotopic evidence of Early Bronze Age farming activities and diet in the mountainous environment of the South Caucasus
Rethinking the Kura-Araxes Genesis
L’horizon Kura-Araxe est probablement le complexe archéologique du Proche-Orient préhistorique qui a connu la plus grande extension dans le temps et dans l’espace ; il s’étire du Sud Caucase à l’Anatolie orientale et au nord-ouest de l’Iran, puis aux régions situées au-delà. Cette culture possède aussi une forte originalité avec un «bagage » culturel qui la distingue des traditions contemporaines. Dans cet article sont étudiées les origines de ce…
Obsidian
Obsidian (volcanic glass) was highly prized in Antiquity for the making of tools.
The Anzac [Arıburnu] Battlefield
Despite the centrality that the Gallipoli Peninsula and the 1915 campaign have in the psyche of many Australians, the battlefield itself has not been physically studied in great detail. This paper reports on the first season of archaeological fieldwork conducted in 2010 in the ANZAC battlefield. Innovative methodologies were used by new national and disciplinary collaborations and new systems combining landscape archaeology and digital analysis w…
Petrographic and geochemical investigations of the late prehistoric ceramics from Sos Höyük, Erzurum (Eastern Anatolia)
Physical anthropology of skeletal remains from 2nd to 6th century AD Samtavro in the Republic of Georgia
Transkafkasya Arkeoloji̇si̇nde Geçmi̇ş Ve Güncel Yöneli̇mler
From the perspective of Anatolia, the Transcaucasus (or the southern Caucasus) has always been viewed as a region of primary significance. Yet for a variety of reasons the archaeology of this region has remained elusive, accessible for the most part by syntheses in Western languages. This paper outlines the major trends in archaeological thought in the Transcaucasus before and afterglasnost (openness) andperestroika (restructure). It concludes …
İki̇ Kita Arasindaki̇ Bağlanti
The vast necropolis at Samtavro, near Tbilisi, Georgia, is accorded primacy in the archaeology of the southern Caucasus for several reasons. Covering an area approximately 20 hectares, it is the largest burial ground in the Caucasus. Its longevity of use is also remarkable. First utilised as a cemetery in the third millennium BC, it peaked during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, and again in the late Roman and late Antique periods. The cemetery was…
Archaeobotany of Sos Höyük, northeast Turkey
SosHyk,locatedinthePasinlerValleyofnortheastTurkey,isamultiperiodsiteoccupiedfromtheLate Chalcolithic to the Medieval Period. No major archaeobotanical analysis has been conducted on the carbonisedplantremainsfromSosHyk.Samplesfromthreetimeperiods,theLateChalcolithic,Middle Bronze and Iron Age were selected for analysis. Examination of both seeds and wood charcoals has indicatedacomplexandchangingpatternofplantuseovertime.Fromwoodcharcoals,fourve…
Archaeology at the Headwaters of the Aras
The Bronze Age-Iron Age transition in northeast Anatolia
The ancient settlement of Sos Höyük, situated east of Erzurum, is providing a significant stratigraphic sequence of human occupation from the Late Chalcolithic to the Medieval period. This sequence includes the transition from the end of the Bronze Age into the first centuries of the Iron Age, a period which is surrounded by difficult but intriguing historical questions. At the mound of Sos Höyük evidence for this transition is starting to emerge…
La Transcaucasie au Néolithique et au Chalcolithique (The Trans-Caucasus Region in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic) . Christine Chataigner
Excavations at Sos Höyük
Excavations at Sos Höyük, 1996
Anatolian Iron Ages 3
Excavations at Sos Höyük, 1995
Archaeological investigations this year at Sos Höyük, carried out by the University of Melbourne and Erzurum Museum, took place in the summer, between 2 June and 3 August. The aims for the 1995 season included activities both on the mound and off-site. Among the former objectives, was the need to expose further the Medieval settlement on the summit of the mound, and the burnt building of the Hellenistic period in trenches L14 and L13. Excavation …
Excavations at Sos Höyük 1994
Collaborative Australian–Turkish archaeological investigations in north-eastern Anatolia, begun in 1988 in the Bayburt province (then an ilçe of Gümüşhane), continued for six weeks during June–July 1994 with excavations at Sos Höyük near Erzurum. The decision to extend the limits of the research project beyond the Bayburt plain, eastwards into the adjacent province, was based primarily on the need to address questions raised by our work in Baybur…
Excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, 1992 Third Preliminary Report
This brief account concentrates on the results of the third consecutive summer (9 June–18 July) of excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, a collaborative expedition between the University of Melbourne and Erzurum Museum conducted by a staff of fifteen. Many thanks are due to the Ministry of Culture and the Directorate of Museums and Monuments for granting permission to carry out the research, and to their officers who once again showed their customary h…
Excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, 1991
The second season of excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, a collaborative project between the University of Melbourne and Erzurum Museum, took place between 5 June and 10 August. We are very much indebted to Mesut Güngör, Acting Director of the Museum, and his staff, in particular Hilmi Özkorucuklu, assistant at the museum and representative of the Ministry of Culture, for their cooperation. Thanks are once again due to the authorities in Demirözü for…
Excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, 1990
A new inquiry into the archaeology of north-eastern Anatolia was initiated in the summer of 1990 at Büyüktepe Höyük, alternatively called İkiztepe. Located about 1·8 km. north of the village of Çiftetaş, in the mountain-girdled Bayburt plain, some 1500 m. above the level of the Black Sea, the site comprises layers of human occupation stretched across two distinct natural hills joined by a saddle (Figs 1–3). Orientated along a northwest–southeast …
Cultural Resources Management in Tasmania and Western Australia
Spiral-Headed Pins
Spiral-Headed Pins
Rethinking the Kura-Araxes Genesis
L’horizon Kura-Araxe est probablement le complexe archéologique du Proche-Orient préhistorique qui a connu la plus grande extension dans le temps et dans l’espace ; il s’étire du Sud Caucase à l’Anatolie orientale et au nord-ouest de l’Iran, puis aux régions situées au-delà. Cette culture possède aussi une forte originalité avec un «bagage » culturel qui la distingue des traditions contemporaines. Dans cet article sont étudiées les origines de ce…
Petrographic and geochemical investigations of the late prehistoric ceramics from Sos Höyük, Erzurum (Eastern Anatolia)
Excavations at Sos Höyük, 1995
Archaeological investigations this year at Sos Höyük, carried out by the University of Melbourne and Erzurum Museum, took place in the summer, between 2 June and 3 August. The aims for the 1995 season included activities both on the mound and off-site. Among the former objectives, was the need to expose further the Medieval settlement on the summit of the mound, and the burnt building of the Hellenistic period in trenches L14 and L13. Excavation …
The hidden side of ritual
Archaeobotanical and isotopic evidence of Early Bronze Age farming activities and diet in the mountainous environment of the South Caucasus
Excavations at Sos Höyük 1994
Collaborative Australian–Turkish archaeological investigations in north-eastern Anatolia, begun in 1988 in the Bayburt province (then an ilçe of Gümüşhane), continued for six weeks during June–July 1994 with excavations at Sos Höyük near Erzurum. The decision to extend the limits of the research project beyond the Bayburt plain, eastwards into the adjacent province, was based primarily on the need to address questions raised by our work in Baybur…
Excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, 1991
The second season of excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, a collaborative project between the University of Melbourne and Erzurum Museum, took place between 5 June and 10 August. We are very much indebted to Mesut Güngör, Acting Director of the Museum, and his staff, in particular Hilmi Özkorucuklu, assistant at the museum and representative of the Ministry of Culture, for their cooperation. Thanks are once again due to the authorities in Demirözü for…
Excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, 1992 Third Preliminary Report
This brief account concentrates on the results of the third consecutive summer (9 June–18 July) of excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, a collaborative expedition between the University of Melbourne and Erzurum Museum conducted by a staff of fifteen. Many thanks are due to the Ministry of Culture and the Directorate of Museums and Monuments for granting permission to carry out the research, and to their officers who once again showed their customary h…
The Anzac [Arıburnu] Battlefield
Despite the centrality that the Gallipoli Peninsula and the 1915 campaign have in the psyche of many Australians, the battlefield itself has not been physically studied in great detail. This paper reports on the first season of archaeological fieldwork conducted in 2010 in the ANZAC battlefield. Innovative methodologies were used by new national and disciplinary collaborations and new systems combining landscape archaeology and digital analysis w…
The Bronze Age-Iron Age transition in northeast Anatolia
The ancient settlement of Sos Höyük, situated east of Erzurum, is providing a significant stratigraphic sequence of human occupation from the Late Chalcolithic to the Medieval period. This sequence includes the transition from the end of the Bronze Age into the first centuries of the Iron Age, a period which is surrounded by difficult but intriguing historical questions. At the mound of Sos Höyük evidence for this transition is starting to emerge…
Excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, 1990
A new inquiry into the archaeology of north-eastern Anatolia was initiated in the summer of 1990 at Büyüktepe Höyük, alternatively called İkiztepe. Located about 1·8 km. north of the village of Çiftetaş, in the mountain-girdled Bayburt plain, some 1500 m. above the level of the Black Sea, the site comprises layers of human occupation stretched across two distinct natural hills joined by a saddle (Figs 1–3). Orientated along a northwest–southeast …
Spiral-Headed Pins
Spiral-Headed Pins
Cultural Resources Management in Tasmania and Western Australia
Excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, 1990
A new inquiry into the archaeology of north-eastern Anatolia was initiated in the summer of 1990 at Büyüktepe Höyük, alternatively called İkiztepe. Located about 1·8 km. north of the village of Çiftetaş, in the mountain-girdled Bayburt plain, some 1500 m. above the level of the Black Sea, the site comprises layers of human occupation stretched across two distinct natural hills joined by a saddle (Figs 1–3). Orientated along a northwest–southeast …
Excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, 1991
The second season of excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, a collaborative project between the University of Melbourne and Erzurum Museum, took place between 5 June and 10 August. We are very much indebted to Mesut Güngör, Acting Director of the Museum, and his staff, in particular Hilmi Özkorucuklu, assistant at the museum and representative of the Ministry of Culture, for their cooperation. Thanks are once again due to the authorities in Demirözü for…
Excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, 1992 Third Preliminary Report
This brief account concentrates on the results of the third consecutive summer (9 June–18 July) of excavations at Büyüktepe Höyük, a collaborative expedition between the University of Melbourne and Erzurum Museum conducted by a staff of fifteen. Many thanks are due to the Ministry of Culture and the Directorate of Museums and Monuments for granting permission to carry out the research, and to their officers who once again showed their customary h…
Excavations at Sos Höyük 1994
Collaborative Australian–Turkish archaeological investigations in north-eastern Anatolia, begun in 1988 in the Bayburt province (then an ilçe of Gümüşhane), continued for six weeks during June–July 1994 with excavations at Sos Höyük near Erzurum. The decision to extend the limits of the research project beyond the Bayburt plain, eastwards into the adjacent province, was based primarily on the need to address questions raised by our work in Baybur…
Excavations at Sos Höyük, 1995
Archaeological investigations this year at Sos Höyük, carried out by the University of Melbourne and Erzurum Museum, took place in the summer, between 2 June and 3 August. The aims for the 1995 season included activities both on the mound and off-site. Among the former objectives, was the need to expose further the Medieval settlement on the summit of the mound, and the burnt building of the Hellenistic period in trenches L14 and L13. Excavation …
Excavations at Sos Höyük, 1996
Anatolian Iron Ages 3
La Transcaucasie au Néolithique et au Chalcolithique (The Trans-Caucasus Region in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic) . Christine Chataigner
Excavations at Sos Höyük
The Bronze Age-Iron Age transition in northeast Anatolia
The ancient settlement of Sos Höyük, situated east of Erzurum, is providing a significant stratigraphic sequence of human occupation from the Late Chalcolithic to the Medieval period. This sequence includes the transition from the end of the Bronze Age into the first centuries of the Iron Age, a period which is surrounded by difficult but intriguing historical questions. At the mound of Sos Höyük evidence for this transition is starting to emerge…
Archaeology at the Headwaters of the Aras
Archaeobotany of Sos Höyük, northeast Turkey
SosHyk,locatedinthePasinlerValleyofnortheastTurkey,isamultiperiodsiteoccupiedfromtheLate Chalcolithic to the Medieval Period. No major archaeobotanical analysis has been conducted on the carbonisedplantremainsfromSosHyk.Samplesfromthreetimeperiods,theLateChalcolithic,Middle Bronze and Iron Age were selected for analysis. Examination of both seeds and wood charcoals has indicatedacomplexandchangingpatternofplantuseovertime.Fromwoodcharcoals,fourve…
Physical anthropology of skeletal remains from 2nd to 6th century AD Samtavro in the Republic of Georgia
Transkafkasya Arkeoloji̇si̇nde Geçmi̇ş Ve Güncel Yöneli̇mler
From the perspective of Anatolia, the Transcaucasus (or the southern Caucasus) has always been viewed as a region of primary significance. Yet for a variety of reasons the archaeology of this region has remained elusive, accessible for the most part by syntheses in Western languages. This paper outlines the major trends in archaeological thought in the Transcaucasus before and afterglasnost (openness) andperestroika (restructure). It concludes …
İki̇ Kita Arasindaki̇ Bağlanti
The vast necropolis at Samtavro, near Tbilisi, Georgia, is accorded primacy in the archaeology of the southern Caucasus for several reasons. Covering an area approximately 20 hectares, it is the largest burial ground in the Caucasus. Its longevity of use is also remarkable. First utilised as a cemetery in the third millennium BC, it peaked during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, and again in the late Roman and late Antique periods. The cemetery was…
The Anzac [Arıburnu] Battlefield
Despite the centrality that the Gallipoli Peninsula and the 1915 campaign have in the psyche of many Australians, the battlefield itself has not been physically studied in great detail. This paper reports on the first season of archaeological fieldwork conducted in 2010 in the ANZAC battlefield. Innovative methodologies were used by new national and disciplinary collaborations and new systems combining landscape archaeology and digital analysis w…
Petrographic and geochemical investigations of the late prehistoric ceramics from Sos Höyük, Erzurum (Eastern Anatolia)
Obsidian
Obsidian (volcanic glass) was highly prized in Antiquity for the making of tools.
Archaeobotanical and isotopic evidence of Early Bronze Age farming activities and diet in the mountainous environment of the South Caucasus
Rethinking the Kura-Araxes Genesis
L’horizon Kura-Araxe est probablement le complexe archéologique du Proche-Orient préhistorique qui a connu la plus grande extension dans le temps et dans l’espace ; il s’étire du Sud Caucase à l’Anatolie orientale et au nord-ouest de l’Iran, puis aux régions situées au-delà. Cette culture possède aussi une forte originalité avec un «bagage » culturel qui la distingue des traditions contemporaines. Dans cet article sont étudiées les origines de ce…
The hidden side of ritual
The Archaeology of the Caucasus
In The Archaeology of the Caucasus, Antonio Sagona provides the first comprehensive survey of a key area in the Eurasian land mass, from the earliest settlement to the end of the early Iron Age. Examining the bewildering array of cultural complexes found in the region, he draws on both Soviet and post-Soviet investigations and synthesises the vast quantity of diverse and often fragmented evidence across the region's frontiers. Written in an engag…
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