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Sources of the First Half of the II Millennium BC about the Armenian Highland

2023
In Old Assyrian (“Cappadocian”), Old Hittite and Babylonian sources of the first half of the II millennium BC there is information about the history of the Armenian Highland of this period. The book includes Assyrian (“Cappadocian”), Old Hittite, and Old Babylonian texts containing information about the countries and cities of the Armenian Highland. It
Artak Movsisyan   +3 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Late collision rhyolitic volcanism in the north-eastern part of the Armenian Highland

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2001
Abstract Plio-Pleistocene acidic volcanism of the northeastern part of the Armenian highland is related to a continental collision zone as a result of convergence between Eurasia and Arabia lithosphere plates. The development of volcanism is divided into three stages of 10–17, 4.5–7.5 and 0.1–2.8 Ma.
S.G Karapetian   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Secular dental changes in the populations of the Armenian highland: evolutionary and ecological aspects

Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, 2011
Based on the comparison of several dental series representing populations which inhabited the Armenian Highland in various periods, from the Early Bronze Age to the present, several diachronic tendencies were revealed. These tendencies were apparently caused by population history and secular trends, the principal one being dental reduction.
exaly   +2 more sources

Influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on δD and δ18O in meteoric water in the Armenian Highland

Journal of Hydrology, 2019
Abstract The stable hydrogen (δD) and oxygen (δ18O) isotope composition of modern meteoric water are influenced by changes in global temperature, Rayleigh distillation processes, and moisture transport history. However, on a global scale the relative influence of these different meteorological variables is spatially heterogeneous.
Michael Richards   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

A Monumental Horse Burial in the Armenian Highlands

Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia, 2021
Here we report on the unprecedented discovery of the complete skeleton of a ritually interred adult stallion with a bronze ring in its mouth. The horse was buried in a unique 15-meters diameter monumental stone-built tomb excavated in the Aghavnatun necropolis located on the southern slopes of Mt.
A. Nachmias   +4 more
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The Bronze and Iron Age populations of the Armenian Highland in the genetic history of Armenians

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2020
AbstractObjectivesTo investigate the biological diversity of the late Bronze and Iron Age populations in the Armenian Highland by nonmetric cranial traits, evaluate the genetic continuity in the development of the modern Armenian gene pool, and compare the results obtained with genetic data.Materials and methodsTwenty‐eight nonmetric cranial traits ...
Alla A. Movsesian   +2 more
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Once more on the so-called ‘Felstreppentunnel’ in the Armenian Highlands

ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 2020
The present article is aimed to discuss the problem of the dating of the ‘stepped rock-cut tunnels’, also known in the literature by the German term ‘Treppentunneln’ or ‘Felstreppentunnel’. The last section is dedicated to further thoughts on the problems involved in dating most of the Urartian archaeological remains currently known, from a wider ...
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Caucasus Mountains and Armenian Highlands

1984
The Caucasus mountains and Armenian highlands represent the eastern part of the technically young, epigeosynclinal orogenic Alpine zone, lying between the Scythian platform (Hercynian) and the Arabian platform (Precambrian). The Great Caucasus forms the outer ridges of the Alpine orogenic system, while the Armenian highlands form an inner sector ...
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A Bioarchaeological Analysis of the Population of the Armenian Highland and Transcaucasus in Antiquity

Mankind Quarterly, 2012
The complex process of interaction between different ethnic groups in Transcaucasia in ancient times has been little studied. Undertaken here is a multidimensional craniometric analysis of more than 112 Eurasian ethnic groups between 1st century BC and 3rd century AD.
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