Eight Millennia of Matrilineal Genetic Continuity in the South Caucasus
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.087
Abstract: The South Caucasus, situated between the Black and Caspian Seas, geographically links Europe with the Near East and has served as a crossroad for human migrations for many millennia [1-7]. Despite a vast archaeological record… read more here.
Keywords: south caucasus; eight millennia; caucasus; millennia matrilineal ... See more keywords
The vegetation, climate, and fire history of a mountain steppe: A Holocene reconstruction from the South Caucasus, Shenkani, Armenia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106485
Abstract: Abstract Steppe and grassland ecosystems constitute important biomes that are influenced by multiple factors such as climate, human activity, and fire. Yet how these factors have influenced the plant composition of these biomes through time… read more here.
Keywords: south caucasus; fire; climate; shenkani armenia ... See more keywords
New pollen evidence from Nariani (Georgia) for delayed postglacial forest expansion in the South Caucasus
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DOI: 10.1017/qua.2016.3
Abstract: Abstract The nature and timing of environmental changes throughout the last glacial-interglacial transition in the South Caucasus, and more widely in eastern Europe, are still not fully understood. According to certain pollen records, forest expansion… read more here.
Keywords: south caucasus; georgia; expansion; forest expansion ... See more keywords
The Population of the South Caucasus according to the 1897 General Census of the Russian Empire
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DOI: 10.1163/1573384x-20170307
Abstract: The article is about the population statistics of the South Caucasus by religion, language/ethnicity and profession, following the first General Census of the Russian Empire in 1897. read more here.
Keywords: south caucasus; russian empire; general census; census russian ... See more keywords
Iran’s Security Interests and Policies in the South Caucasus
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DOI: 10.1163/1573384x-20210305
Abstract: The aim of this essay is to demonstrate that cooperation and competition between Russia, Iran, and Turkey requires ongoing regional political recalibrations regarding oil and gas pipelines and transportation routes. We argue that while much… read more here.
Keywords: south caucasus; iran security; interests policies; caucasus iran ... See more keywords
The EU’s hegemonic interventions in the South Caucasus: Constructing ‘civil’ society, depoliticising human rights?
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DOI: 10.1177/0010836720954478
Abstract: This article draws upon poststructuralist and postcolonial theories to examine the European Union’s (EU’s) policies of human rights promotion in the South Caucasus – notably, the EU’s engagement with local human rights activists and organisations… read more here.
Keywords: south caucasus; hegemonic interventions; civil society; human rights ... See more keywords
Divided memory, postcolonialism and trauma in the South Caucasus
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DOI: 10.1177/17506980221135148
Abstract: The Russian aggression towards Ukraine has had a substantive impact on the whole post-Soviet memory space. Already internally divided by conflicts, it heads further towards political uncertainty. In memory studies, the war has raised the… read more here.
Keywords: memory postcolonialism; south caucasus; divided memory; memory ... See more keywords
A new chronological model for the Bronze and Iron Age South Caucasus: radiocarbon results from Project ArAGATS, Armenia
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DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2018.171
Abstract: Abstract The South Caucasus occupies the divide between ancient Mesopotamia and prehistoric Europe, and was thus crucial in the development of Old World societies. Chronologies for the region, however, have lacked the definition achieved in… read more here.
Keywords: south caucasus; radiocarbon; project aragats; bronze iron ... See more keywords