Pavel Avetisyan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1704900 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pavel Avetisyan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pavel |
| FAMILY NAME | Avetisyan |
| SIGNATURE | AVETISYAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4469-9517 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Origins, endings and temporal pluralities
The Kura-Araxes culture spread over a large area of South-west Asia, participating in the transformational dynamics of Early Bronze Age societies in the region. Yet, the absence of a robust chronological framework for this cultural horizon hinders its integration into wider regional and interregional models. Drawing on a substantial new radiocarbon dataset, collating novel Bayesian chronological models for eight sites and existing data from the w…
Homo mobilis
The terms ‘enclosed nomadism’ and ‘dimorphic structure’ which are used to describe the relationship between the Near Eastern mobile pastoralists living in the same habitat and sedentary agricultural communities, are fully applicable also for the description of the socio-cultural landscape of the second half of the 4th millennium BC in Armenia. Archaeological data accumulated year by year provide an opportunity to consider in more detail the relat…
Gregory Areshian
Gregory Areshian, an international member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, professor at the American University of Armenia, and former Minister of State of the Republic of Armenia, passed away at the age of 71
Possible Reasons for the Incomplete Closure of Cranial Sutures in Individuals From Armenian Monuments (Mastara and Vardbakh) of the 1st Century Bc - 3rd Century Ad
The article studies remains from the ancient monuments of Mastara and Vardbakh, located on the territory of the Aragatsotn and Shirak provinces of Armenia. In this work, the authors analyse possible reasons for the incomplete fusion of cranial sutures in two female individuals. The relevance of the work consists in it being carried out within the framework of integrative anthropology, incorporating two of its subdisciplines: physical anthropology…
Early Divergent Strains of Yersinia pestis in Eurasia 5,000 Years Ago
The bacteria Yersinia pestis is the etiological agent of plague and has caused human pandemics with millions of deaths in historic times. How and when it originated remains contentious. Here, we report the oldest direct evidence of Yersinia pestis identified by ancient DNA in human teeth from Asia and Europe dating from 2,800 to 5,000 years ago. By sequencing the genomes, we find that these ancient plague strains are basal to all known Yersinia p…
Areni-1 Cave, Armenia
The beginning of the Bronze Age in the southern Caucasus has been thought to coincide with the appearance of the Kura Araxes (KA) culture around 3500 cal b.c. KA artifacts are known not only from the southern Caucasus but also from sites in Anatolia, Iran, and the Levant. Recent discoveries from Areni-1 Cave in the Vayots Dzor region of Armenia demonstrate that the origin of the distinctive KA artifact assemblage lies in the Late Chalcolithic of …
The chalcolithic of the Near East and south-eastern Europe
The archaeological exploration of a cave in the southern Caucasus revealed evidence for early social complexity, ritual burial and wine-making in the early fourth millennium. The marvellous preservation of wood, leather and plants offers a valuable contrast to the poorer assemblages on contemporary tell sites. The authors make the case that the Areni-1 cave complex indicates connections between the urbanisation of early Mesopotamia and the Maikop…
Early Complex Societies in Southern Caucasia
The Late Bronze Age (ca. 1500-1200 B.C.) in southern Caucasia marked the first appearance of a radically altered regional sociopolitical tradition founded upon newly empowered elites sequestered in fortified citadels. The archaeology of the era indicates a significant break from the preceding Middle Bronze Age, when large burial mounds and a dearth of settlement sites have long suggested the prevalence of pastoral nomadism and mobile sociopolitic…
Early Complex Societies in Southern Caucasia
The Late Bronze Age (ca. 1500-1200 B.C.) in southern Caucasia marked the first appearance of a radically altered regional sociopolitical tradition founded upon newly empowered elites sequestered in fortified citadels. The archaeology of the era indicates a significant break from the preceding Middle Bronze Age, when large burial mounds and a dearth of settlement sites have long suggested the prevalence of pastoral nomadism and mobile sociopolitic…
Areni-1 Cave, Armenia
The beginning of the Bronze Age in the southern Caucasus has been thought to coincide with the appearance of the Kura Araxes (KA) culture around 3500 cal b.c. KA artifacts are known not only from the southern Caucasus but also from sites in Anatolia, Iran, and the Levant. Recent discoveries from Areni-1 Cave in the Vayots Dzor region of Armenia demonstrate that the origin of the distinctive KA artifact assemblage lies in the Late Chalcolithic of …
The chalcolithic of the Near East and south-eastern Europe
The archaeological exploration of a cave in the southern Caucasus revealed evidence for early social complexity, ritual burial and wine-making in the early fourth millennium. The marvellous preservation of wood, leather and plants offers a valuable contrast to the poorer assemblages on contemporary tell sites. The authors make the case that the Areni-1 cave complex indicates connections between the urbanisation of early Mesopotamia and the Maikop…
Possible Reasons for the Incomplete Closure of Cranial Sutures in Individuals From Armenian Monuments (Mastara and Vardbakh) of the 1st Century Bc - 3rd Century Ad
The article studies remains from the ancient monuments of Mastara and Vardbakh, located on the territory of the Aragatsotn and Shirak provinces of Armenia. In this work, the authors analyse possible reasons for the incomplete fusion of cranial sutures in two female individuals. The relevance of the work consists in it being carried out within the framework of integrative anthropology, incorporating two of its subdisciplines: physical anthropology…
Early Complex Societies in Southern Caucasia
The Late Bronze Age (ca. 1500-1200 B.C.) in southern Caucasia marked the first appearance of a radically altered regional sociopolitical tradition founded upon newly empowered elites sequestered in fortified citadels. The archaeology of the era indicates a significant break from the preceding Middle Bronze Age, when large burial mounds and a dearth of settlement sites have long suggested the prevalence of pastoral nomadism and mobile sociopolitic…
Areni-1 Cave, Armenia
The beginning of the Bronze Age in the southern Caucasus has been thought to coincide with the appearance of the Kura Araxes (KA) culture around 3500 cal b.c. KA artifacts are known not only from the southern Caucasus but also from sites in Anatolia, Iran, and the Levant. Recent discoveries from Areni-1 Cave in the Vayots Dzor region of Armenia demonstrate that the origin of the distinctive KA artifact assemblage lies in the Late Chalcolithic of …
The chalcolithic of the Near East and south-eastern Europe
The archaeological exploration of a cave in the southern Caucasus revealed evidence for early social complexity, ritual burial and wine-making in the early fourth millennium. The marvellous preservation of wood, leather and plants offers a valuable contrast to the poorer assemblages on contemporary tell sites. The authors make the case that the Areni-1 cave complex indicates connections between the urbanisation of early Mesopotamia and the Maikop…
Early Divergent Strains of Yersinia pestis in Eurasia 5,000 Years Ago
The bacteria Yersinia pestis is the etiological agent of plague and has caused human pandemics with millions of deaths in historic times. How and when it originated remains contentious. Here, we report the oldest direct evidence of Yersinia pestis identified by ancient DNA in human teeth from Asia and Europe dating from 2,800 to 5,000 years ago. By sequencing the genomes, we find that these ancient plague strains are basal to all known Yersinia p…
Possible Reasons for the Incomplete Closure of Cranial Sutures in Individuals From Armenian Monuments (Mastara and Vardbakh) of the 1st Century Bc - 3rd Century Ad
The article studies remains from the ancient monuments of Mastara and Vardbakh, located on the territory of the Aragatsotn and Shirak provinces of Armenia. In this work, the authors analyse possible reasons for the incomplete fusion of cranial sutures in two female individuals. The relevance of the work consists in it being carried out within the framework of integrative anthropology, incorporating two of its subdisciplines: physical anthropology…
Gregory Areshian
Gregory Areshian, an international member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, professor at the American University of Armenia, and former Minister of State of the Republic of Armenia, passed away at the age of 71
Homo mobilis
The terms ‘enclosed nomadism’ and ‘dimorphic structure’ which are used to describe the relationship between the Near Eastern mobile pastoralists living in the same habitat and sedentary agricultural communities, are fully applicable also for the description of the socio-cultural landscape of the second half of the 4th millennium BC in Armenia. Archaeological data accumulated year by year provide an opportunity to consider in more detail the relat…
Origins, endings and temporal pluralities
The Kura-Araxes culture spread over a large area of South-west Asia, participating in the transformational dynamics of Early Bronze Age societies in the region. Yet, the absence of a robust chronological framework for this cultural horizon hinders its integration into wider regional and interregional models. Drawing on a substantial new radiocarbon dataset, collating novel Bayesian chronological models for eight sites and existing data from the w…
Ancient history (5 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · History (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Biology (4 works) · Ancient Near East History (3 works) · Bronze Age (3 works) · Chalcolithic (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)