Origins, endings and temporal pluralities
Bayesian perspectives on the Kura-Araxes phenomenon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7472096 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annapaola Passerini (0000-0003-3244-6448, Freie Universität Berlin, corresponding author), W Manning (0000-0002-6917-0927, Cornell University), Sturt W Manning, Mikheil Abramishvili (Georgian National Museum), Levon Aghikyan (0000-0002-5537-4144, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography), Pavel Avetisyan (0000-0002-4469-9517, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography), Ruben Badalyan (0000-0002-0641-5341, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography), R Hovsepyan (0000-0002-7004-1145, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography), Sona Hovsepyan (0009-0005-2132-5271, History Museum of Armenia), Kakha Kakhiani (0009-0007-6484-3452, Georgian National Museum), Giorgi Mindiashvili (0000-0002-6872-5783, Gori Historical-Ethnographical Museum) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 409 |
| Pages | 17-37 |
| Publication date | 2026-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2025.10258 |
| OpenAlex | W4417187943 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
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 wider region, this article identifies settlement patterns that coincide with broader reconfigurations of the Kura-Araxes cultural landscape, which in turn track socioeconomic, and possibly political, shifts observed in eastern Anatolia and the greater Near East
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Climatic, vegetation and cultural change in the eastern Mediterranean during the mid-Holocene environmental transition
The Holocene paleoenvironmental history of Western Caucasus (Russia) reconstructed by multi-proxy analysis of the continuous sediment sequence from Lake Khuko
Between Valleys and Mountains. The Dzedzvebi Plateau as an Intermediate Settlement Site of Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Communities in the Lesser Caucasus
The Early Kurgan Period in Rabati, Georgia
New Radiocarbon Dates for the Kura-Araxes Occupation at Aradetis Orgora, Georgia
Dealing with Outliers and Offsets in Radiocarbon Dating
Rolling Out Revolution
Bayesian Analysis of Radiocarbon Dates
The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55 cal kBP)
The Early Bronze Age in Azerbaijan in the light of recent discoveries
New data on the periodization and chronology of the Kura-Araxes culture in Armenia
On the agriculture and vegetal food economy of Kura-Araxes culture in the South Caucasus
Kura-Araxes culture and North-Western Iran
Environmental context of the Kura-Araxes culture
The Kura-Araxes Culture from the Caucasus to Iran, Anatolia and the Levant
The End of the Kura-Araxes Culture as Seen from Nadir Tepesi in Iranian Azerbaijan
A new chronological model for the Bronze and Iron Age South Caucasus
Dog molars as personal ornaments in a Kura-Araxes child burial (Kalavan-1, Armenia)
Sun stones and the darkened sun
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |