Paléorient 40.2, 2014. The Kura-Araxes culture from the Caucasus to Iran, Anatolia and the Levant : Between unity and diversity. Cordonné par Chataignier C., Palumbi G.

The Kura-Araxes culture, named after the two main rivers of the Southern Caucasus, spread from the second half of the 4th millennium over a vast area covering the Southern Caucasus, Eastern Anatolia and North-Western Iran. In the light of recent works carried out in these regions, this volume introduces new approaches and data to questions concerning the origin and expansion of this culture, by exploring elements of unity and diversity among the Kura-Araxes regional components as well as their interaction with other contemporary cultural phenomena. Articles : S.E. CONNOR, E.V. KVAVADZE, Environmental context of the Kura-Araxes culture ; A. SAGONA, Rethinking the Kura-Araxes Genesis ; E. ROVA, The Kura-Araxes Culture in the Shida Kartli region of Georgia: An overview ; R.S. BADALYAN, New data on the periodization and chronology of the Kura-Araxes culture in Armenia ; P.L. KOHL, R.G. MAGOMEDOV, Early Bronze developments on the West Caspian Coastal Plain ; B. LYONNET, The Early Bronze Age in Azerbaijan in the light of recent discoveries ; C. MARRO, V. BAKHSHALIYEV, R. BERTHON, On the Genesis of the Kura-Araxes phenomenon: New evidence from Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan) ; G.D. SUMMERS, The Early Trans-Caucasian Culture in Iran: Perspectives and problems ; M. FRANGIPANE, After collapse: Continuity and Disruption in the settlement by Kura-Araxes-linked pastoral groups at Arslantepe-Malatya (Turkey). New data ; R. GREENBERG, R. SHIMELMITZ, M. ISERLIS, New evidence for the Anatolian origins of 'Khirbet Kerak Ware people' at Tel Bet Yerah (Israel), ca 2800 BC ; T.C. WILKINSON, The Early Transcaucasian phenomenon in structural-systemic perspective: Cuisine, craft and economy ; M. POULMARC'H with L. PECQUEUR and B. JALILOV, An overview of Kura-Araxes funerary practices in the Southern Caucasus ; G. PALUMBI, C. CHATAIGNER, The Kura-Araxes Culture from the Caucasus to Iran, Anatolia and the Levant: Between unity and diversity. A synthesis.