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"Based on analysis of archaeological site reports, linguistic relationships, and genetic data first published in different languages, this synthesis of the latest evidence sheds light on the peopling process of the Caucasus from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Iron Age. It will appeal to students in anthropology, history, Indo-European studies"--
Table des matières
1. Prolegomenon; 2. Geography and Ecology; 3. Paleoanthropology; 4. Modern Human Entry into the Caucasus; 5. Neolithic Revolution; 6. The Caucasus Chalcolithic and Bronze Age; 7. Linguistic Diversity in the Caucasus; 8. Genetic History of the Caucasus; 9. A Synthetic View of the Peopling of the Caucasus; 10. Further Research into the Peopling of the Caucasus Studies; Glossary.
A propos de l'auteur
Aram Yardumian is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Bryn Athlyn College. An anthropologist who works at the intersection of genetics and archaeology, he has conducted fieldwork in Georgia, Armenia, Oman, and the Caribbean. He has also investigated the dispersal and prehistory of anatomically modern humans through phylogeographic studies of Y-chromosome and mitochondrial haplogroups, and the analysis of genomic DNA.Theodore G. Schurr is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. For over 30 years, he has conducted anthropological genetics research that combines ethnographic fieldwork with laboratory analyses. He has investigated the prehistory of Siberia and the Americas, as well as that of Australia, Melanesia, Turkey, Georgia, Pakistan, and Kazkhstan. He has also explored the role of the mitochondrial DNA in complex diseases, metabolism, and adaptation.
