The Evolution of Paleolithic Technologies provides a novel perspective on long-term
trajectories of evolutionary change in Paleolithic tools and tool-makers. Members of the …

With its well-preserved archaeological and environmental records, Aghitu-3 Cave permits us
to examine the settlement patterns of the Upper Paleolithic (UP) people who inhabited the …

Abstract The Southern Caucasus lies at the intersection of Africa, the Levant and Eurasia,
and is thus a region of considerable interest in the study of Pleistocene hominin population …

The morphogenetic evolution of the Lesser Caucasus has been strongly influenced by Plio-
Quaternary volcanic and tectonic events and Pleistocene glaciations. Fluvio-lacustrine …

The territory of present day Armenia is a geographic contact zone between the Near East
and the northern Caucasus. Armenian Middle and Upper Paleolithic records are both few …

The Middle Paleolithic is the mot studied prehistoric period in the Republic of Armenia. Many
open-air and cave sites with Middle Paleolithic occupational phases are located either in …

During a survey conducted in 2005, the open-air site of Kalavan-2 was discovered located at
an altitude of about 1600 m in the mountains dominating the northern bank of Lake Sevan …

Barozh 12 is a late Middle Paleolithic open-air locality in western Armenia dating from~
60,000 to 31,000 years ago. Stratified deposits with high densities of obsidian artifacts …

This paper presents evidence for some of the highest-altitude Middle Palaeolithic land-use
in southwest Asia identified through field surveys in the Miankouh region of the Bakhtiari …

The southern Caucasus is home to a particularly rich record of Middle Paleolithic (MP)
occupation. However, the potential contribution of the southern Caucasus to broader …