Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4556134 | Journal of Human Evolution | 2013 | 20 Pages |
Abstract
The open-air site of Kalavan 1 is located in the Aregunyats mountain chain (at 1640 m above sea level) on the northern bank of Lake Sevan. It is the first Upper Palaeolithic site excavated in Armenia. Led by an Armenian-French team, several excavations (2005–2009) have revealed a well preserved palaeosoil, dated to around 14,000 BP (years before present), containing fauna, lithic artefacts, as well as several hearths and activity areas that structure the settlement. The initial studies enable placement of the site in its environment and justify palaeoethnological analysis of the Epigravettian human groups of the Lesser Caucasus.
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Authors
Cyril Montoya, Adrian Balasescu, Sébastien Joannin, Vincent Ollivier, Jérémie Liagre, Samvel Nahapetyan, Ruben Ghukasyan, David Colonge, Boris Gasparyan, Christine Chataigner,