A Cesaretti
Biographic Data
| ID | 56936 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Cesaretti |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Cesaretti |
| SIGNATURE | CESARETTI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1653-6371 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An Early Bronze Age, Orontid and High Medieval site in the Arpa River Basin
Object families and inequality
In diesem Beitrag werden die Ergebnisse einer quantitativen und vergleichenden Analyse von 92 Bestattungen aus vier großen mittelbronzezeitlichen Nekropolen im Südkaukasus vorgestellt: Trialeti, Karashamb, Lori Berd und Lchashen, die in das 2. Jahrtausend v. Chr. datieren. Mit Hilfe der bipartiten Netzwerkanalyse und der Berechnung des Gini-Indexes bewerten wir den Grad der materiellen Differenzierung und der sozialen Ungleichheit in diesen Besta…
Layers of stone and ash
Since 2017, the Samtskhe-Javakheti Project has identified about 168 archaeological sites in the highlands of southern Georgia and conducted excavations at Meghreki Fortress and Baraleti Natsargora. These sites reveal complex occupational sequences, fortification strategies and decorative practices, highlighting the region’s role as an interactive cultural frontier between highlands and steppes
The Achaemenid cemetery of Mersin (Semnan Province, Iran)
Rescue excavations at Mersin (Semnan, Iran) reveal a tightly patterned Achaemenid-period cemetery. Thirty-four graves, excavated between 2014 and 2024, combine local mortuary traditions with imperial-era objects, demonstrating how provincial communities selectively adopted imperial markers to negotiate identity and refining narratives for the empire’s north-eastern interior
Indecipherable Signs on the Rock
A noteworthy aspect of South Caucasian Protohistoric archaeology is the presence of limited archaeological evidence concerning a series of engraved and painted signs associated with funerary contexts. These signs cannot be categorized strictly as decorations nor as true forms of proto writing. Given the paucity of research on this topic, this paper compiles the primary evidence of engravings and paintings from the Middle and Late Bronze Age perio…
Local Elites on the Edge of the State
This contribution aims to re-evaluate a specific archaeological context linked to the Urartian state, namely the site of Geghovit in Armenia, which is a rock-cut tomb with a funerary assemblage containing several objects of considerable interest due to their historical and cultural implications. The article presents a new analysis of the materials discovered during the construction of a bridge, with particular emphasis on a notable sword. This sw…
Controlling the north. The Bandivan fortress, a protohistoric (Kura-Araxes), Urartian, Orontid and medieval site in the Amasia Depression, Shirak Region, Armenia
This article is dedicated to presenting to the scientific community a significant new fortified complex located in the Amasia Depression, in the Shirak Region of modern Armenia. The site, locally referred to as the “Bandivan fortress,” is situated near the contemporary village of Bandivan, on an extensive plateau naturally protected by valleys carved by the courses of two rivers. The site showcases remarkable architectural evidence that can be cl…
A Long‐forgotten Gold Disc From the Middle Bronze Age Necropolis (Kurgan Xvii), at Trialeti. South Caucasus
The cults associated with celestial bodies – such as the stars, moon, sun and other sky phenomena – during the Bronze Age form a central focus in the study of protohistoric communities in certain regions, including Northern Europe. Numerous interpretations have been proposed on how to approach this complex and intriguing subject. The vast territories of the South Caucasus have yielded a substantial number of items of Bronze Age date that suggest …
Approaching the Neolithization Processes in North-Western Iran
One of the most investigated aspects of prehistory in the Ancient Near East is undoubtedly the Neolithic period. The scientific community has often drawn attention to attempts to reconstruct the complex processes of Neolithization undergone by hunter-gatherer communities. Over the last few years, much has been done to reconstruct Neolithization processes on the Iranian plateau with particular attention to the Zagros Mountain region, probably righ…
Some Urartian Swords in the Musieri/Mouçi Yéri Burial Ground, Lori Province, Armenia
This paper proposes a new analysis of some burial contexts excavated at the end of the 19th century CE by Jacques De Morgan in the area of the town of Alaverdi in Armenia. In the graveyard known as Mouçi Yéri or Musieri, over 500 burials attributed to the Iron Age by the excavator were investigated. Unfortunately, very few have been published, and the objects found are often difficult to associate with the few described tombs. Among the few buria…
From pencil to pixel
Iconography and Chronology of the Ceremonial Akinakes from Filippovka-I Burial Ground
This article presents the iconographic analysis and contextualization of a unique object in the archaeology of the Eurasian steppes: a particular kind of sword, also known as an akinakes, identified during regular excavations in the Filippovka-I cemetery. The ritual sword was found in Barrow 4, Burial 2, and features an elaborate iconographic scheme made of gold which is used for the decoration of both sides of the blade and the handle of the obj…
A Diachronic Perspectiveon the Birth of Militarisation in the Southern Caucasus
This contribution aims at a precise investigation of the archaeological evidence relating to war and the aspects of militarisation associated with the communities that lived in the Southern Caucasus between the Early Bronze Age and the Iron Age. The picture that emerges according to our reconstruction hypothesis differs significantly from what has been proposed and accepted by a large part of the academic community, especially as regards the meth…
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Animalia tantum . The “ritual role” of animals in Middle Bronze Age funerary contexts in the highlands
Animal burials are very common in the ancient world; the practice was widespread and had different meanings, ranging from offerings to the deceased to ritual banquets. Archaeology can only partially reconstruct the multitude of symbols connected with human burials associated with the interment of animals. In Armenia, and more generally in the Southern Caucasus, between the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC, during the protohistoric period known as the Mi…
Preliminary Report of the First Season of Excavation at the Achaemenid Period (Iron Age IV) Cemetery in Mersin, Semnan Province, Iran
This article presents the results of the first excavation season of the Mersin cemetery, in the Semnan region, Iran. The cemetery was discovered through surface reconnaissance for the documentation of the area’s archaeological heritage before the construction of the Finesk Dam. Rescue excavations were then conducted in 2014 in three distinct areas of the necropolis. Particularly interesting were results were obtained from trench 3 in which 15 tom…
A Reassessment of the Middle Bronze Age Cultures in the Lake Orūmīyeh Basin, Iran
This article examines the Middle Bronze Age archaeological evidence from surveys and excavations conducted in the in the area of the Lake Orūmīyeh basin in what is now north-western Iran. The sites were first analysed with regard to their more general classification, for example in relation to their geographical locations or according to the presence or absence of fortification structures. Another aspect discussed in the article concerns pottery …
Ceremonial Akinakes From Filippovka Between the Context, Chronology, and Iconography
This article presents the iconographic analysis and contextualization of a unique object in the archaeology of the Eurasian steppes: a particular kind of sword, also known as an akinakes, identified during regular excavations in the Filippovka-1 cemetery. The ritual sword was found in Barrow 4, Burial 2, and features an elaborate iconographic scheme made of gold which is used for the decoration of both sides of the blade and the handle of the obj…
Cyclopean Fortresses, Royal Cities or Mountain Shelters
The present article is devoted to a new study of two archaeological complexes, Abuli and Shaori in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia, that are known in the research literature. The sites discussed in this article have been visited and studied multiple times during the first three years of activities in the region in the frame of the Georgian-Italian Samtskhe-Javakheti Project. They have been carefully examined from both architectural and e…
The “Mouthless People”
This article proposes a general re-evaluation of the archaeological site of Shahr Yeri, the most striking feature of which is the presence of over five hundred of what we may call statue-stelae. Despite the fact that the site and the statue-stelae have been known since at least 1978 and are of great archaeological interest, they have been relatively little studied in the past. The goal of this paper is to present a general review of the site and …
Preliminary Report of the First Season of Excavation at the Achaemenid Period (Iron Age IV) Cemetery in Mersin, Semnan Province, Iran
This article presents the results of the first excavation season of the Mersin cemetery, in the Semnan region, Iran. The cemetery was discovered through surface reconnaissance for the documentation of the area’s archaeological heritage before the construction of the Finesk Dam. Rescue excavations were then conducted in 2014 in three distinct areas of the necropolis. Particularly interesting were results were obtained from trench 3 in which 15 tom…
Cyclopean Fortresses, Royal Cities or Mountain Shelters
The present article is devoted to a new study of two archaeological complexes, Abuli and Shaori in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia, that are known in the research literature. The sites discussed in this article have been visited and studied multiple times during the first three years of activities in the region in the frame of the Georgian-Italian Samtskhe-Javakheti Project. They have been carefully examined from both architectural and e…
The “Mouthless People”
This article proposes a general re-evaluation of the archaeological site of Shahr Yeri, the most striking feature of which is the presence of over five hundred of what we may call statue-stelae. Despite the fact that the site and the statue-stelae have been known since at least 1978 and are of great archaeological interest, they have been relatively little studied in the past. The goal of this paper is to present a general review of the site and …
A Reassessment of the Middle Bronze Age Cultures in the Lake Orūmīyeh Basin, Iran
This article examines the Middle Bronze Age archaeological evidence from surveys and excavations conducted in the in the area of the Lake Orūmīyeh basin in what is now north-western Iran. The sites were first analysed with regard to their more general classification, for example in relation to their geographical locations or according to the presence or absence of fortification structures. Another aspect discussed in the article concerns pottery …
Ceremonial Akinakes From Filippovka Between the Context, Chronology, and Iconography
This article presents the iconographic analysis and contextualization of a unique object in the archaeology of the Eurasian steppes: a particular kind of sword, also known as an akinakes, identified during regular excavations in the Filippovka-1 cemetery. The ritual sword was found in Barrow 4, Burial 2, and features an elaborate iconographic scheme made of gold which is used for the decoration of both sides of the blade and the handle of the obj…
Cyclopean Fortresses, Royal Cities or Mountain Shelters
The present article is devoted to a new study of two archaeological complexes, Abuli and Shaori in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia, that are known in the research literature. The sites discussed in this article have been visited and studied multiple times during the first three years of activities in the region in the frame of the Georgian-Italian Samtskhe-Javakheti Project. They have been carefully examined from both architectural and e…
A Diachronic Perspectiveon the Birth of Militarisation in the Southern Caucasus
This contribution aims at a precise investigation of the archaeological evidence relating to war and the aspects of militarisation associated with the communities that lived in the Southern Caucasus between the Early Bronze Age and the Iron Age. The picture that emerges according to our reconstruction hypothesis differs significantly from what has been proposed and accepted by a large part of the academic community, especially as regards the meth…
Titelseiten
Animalia tantum . The “ritual role” of animals in Middle Bronze Age funerary contexts in the highlands
Animal burials are very common in the ancient world; the practice was widespread and had different meanings, ranging from offerings to the deceased to ritual banquets. Archaeology can only partially reconstruct the multitude of symbols connected with human burials associated with the interment of animals. In Armenia, and more generally in the Southern Caucasus, between the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC, during the protohistoric period known as the Mi…
Preliminary Report of the First Season of Excavation at the Achaemenid Period (Iron Age IV) Cemetery in Mersin, Semnan Province, Iran
This article presents the results of the first excavation season of the Mersin cemetery, in the Semnan region, Iran. The cemetery was discovered through surface reconnaissance for the documentation of the area’s archaeological heritage before the construction of the Finesk Dam. Rescue excavations were then conducted in 2014 in three distinct areas of the necropolis. Particularly interesting were results were obtained from trench 3 in which 15 tom…
Iconography and Chronology of the Ceremonial Akinakes from Filippovka-I Burial Ground
This article presents the iconographic analysis and contextualization of a unique object in the archaeology of the Eurasian steppes: a particular kind of sword, also known as an akinakes, identified during regular excavations in the Filippovka-I cemetery. The ritual sword was found in Barrow 4, Burial 2, and features an elaborate iconographic scheme made of gold which is used for the decoration of both sides of the blade and the handle of the obj…
Indecipherable Signs on the Rock
A noteworthy aspect of South Caucasian Protohistoric archaeology is the presence of limited archaeological evidence concerning a series of engraved and painted signs associated with funerary contexts. These signs cannot be categorized strictly as decorations nor as true forms of proto writing. Given the paucity of research on this topic, this paper compiles the primary evidence of engravings and paintings from the Middle and Late Bronze Age perio…
Local Elites on the Edge of the State
This contribution aims to re-evaluate a specific archaeological context linked to the Urartian state, namely the site of Geghovit in Armenia, which is a rock-cut tomb with a funerary assemblage containing several objects of considerable interest due to their historical and cultural implications. The article presents a new analysis of the materials discovered during the construction of a bridge, with particular emphasis on a notable sword. This sw…
Controlling the north. The Bandivan fortress, a protohistoric (Kura-Araxes), Urartian, Orontid and medieval site in the Amasia Depression, Shirak Region, Armenia
This article is dedicated to presenting to the scientific community a significant new fortified complex located in the Amasia Depression, in the Shirak Region of modern Armenia. The site, locally referred to as the “Bandivan fortress,” is situated near the contemporary village of Bandivan, on an extensive plateau naturally protected by valleys carved by the courses of two rivers. The site showcases remarkable architectural evidence that can be cl…
A Long‐forgotten Gold Disc From the Middle Bronze Age Necropolis (Kurgan Xvii), at Trialeti. South Caucasus
The cults associated with celestial bodies – such as the stars, moon, sun and other sky phenomena – during the Bronze Age form a central focus in the study of protohistoric communities in certain regions, including Northern Europe. Numerous interpretations have been proposed on how to approach this complex and intriguing subject. The vast territories of the South Caucasus have yielded a substantial number of items of Bronze Age date that suggest …
Approaching the Neolithization Processes in North-Western Iran
One of the most investigated aspects of prehistory in the Ancient Near East is undoubtedly the Neolithic period. The scientific community has often drawn attention to attempts to reconstruct the complex processes of Neolithization undergone by hunter-gatherer communities. Over the last few years, much has been done to reconstruct Neolithization processes on the Iranian plateau with particular attention to the Zagros Mountain region, probably righ…
Some Urartian Swords in the Musieri/Mouçi Yéri Burial Ground, Lori Province, Armenia
This paper proposes a new analysis of some burial contexts excavated at the end of the 19th century CE by Jacques De Morgan in the area of the town of Alaverdi in Armenia. In the graveyard known as Mouçi Yéri or Musieri, over 500 burials attributed to the Iron Age by the excavator were investigated. Unfortunately, very few have been published, and the objects found are often difficult to associate with the few described tombs. Among the few buria…
From pencil to pixel
An Early Bronze Age, Orontid and High Medieval site in the Arpa River Basin
Object families and inequality
In diesem Beitrag werden die Ergebnisse einer quantitativen und vergleichenden Analyse von 92 Bestattungen aus vier großen mittelbronzezeitlichen Nekropolen im Südkaukasus vorgestellt: Trialeti, Karashamb, Lori Berd und Lchashen, die in das 2. Jahrtausend v. Chr. datieren. Mit Hilfe der bipartiten Netzwerkanalyse und der Berechnung des Gini-Indexes bewerten wir den Grad der materiellen Differenzierung und der sozialen Ungleichheit in diesen Besta…
Layers of stone and ash
Since 2017, the Samtskhe-Javakheti Project has identified about 168 archaeological sites in the highlands of southern Georgia and conducted excavations at Meghreki Fortress and Baraleti Natsargora. These sites reveal complex occupational sequences, fortification strategies and decorative practices, highlighting the region’s role as an interactive cultural frontier between highlands and steppes
The Achaemenid cemetery of Mersin (Semnan Province, Iran)
Rescue excavations at Mersin (Semnan, Iran) reveal a tightly patterned Achaemenid-period cemetery. Thirty-four graves, excavated between 2014 and 2024, combine local mortuary traditions with imperial-era objects, demonstrating how provincial communities selectively adopted imperial markers to negotiate identity and refining narratives for the empire’s north-eastern interior
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