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The End of the Kura-Araxes Culture as Seen from Nadir Tepesi in Iranian Azerbaijan

Alizadeh, Karim, Maziar, Sepideh, Mohammadi, M. Rouhollah·2018·American Journal of Archaeology
DOI 10.3764/aja.122.3.0463
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By the late fourth to early third millennium B.C.E., Kura-Araxes (Early Transcaucasian) material culture spread from the southern Caucasus throughout much of southwest Asia. The Kura-Araxes settlements declined and ultimately disappeared in almost all the regions in southwest Asia around the middle of the third millennium B.C.E. The transition to the “post–Kura-Araxes” time in the southern Caucasus is one of the most tantalizing subjects in the archaeology of the region. Despite current knowledge on the origins and spread of the Kura-Araxes culture, little is known about the end of this cultural horizon. In this field report, we argue that the Kura-Araxes culture in the western Caspian littoral plain ended abruptly and possibly violently. To demonstrate this, we review the current hypotheses about the end of the Kura-Araxes culture and use results from excavations at Nadir Tepesi in Iranian Azerbaijan.This article is also available as open access on AJA Online.

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Authors
Alizadeh, K., Maziar, S., & Mohammadi, M. R.
Venue
American Journal of Archaeology
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
2018-07-01
Volume
122
Issue
3
Pages
463-477
ISSN
  • 0002-9114
  • 1939-828X
DOI
10.3764/aja.122.3.0463
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Language
en

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Alizadeh, K., Maziar, S., & Mohammadi, M. R. (2018). The End of the Kura-Araxes Culture as Seen from Nadir Tepesi in Iranian Azerbaijan. American Journal of Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.3764/aja.122.3.0463