Proceedings of the International Conference “The Archaeology of Armenia in a regional, context: results and perspectives”, Yerevan, 14-19 september 2009, , 2012
The collaboration between the Institute of Archaeology of Yerevan (Academy of Sciences of Armenia... more The collaboration between the Institute of Archaeology of Yerevan (Academy of Sciences of Armenia) and the French "Caucasus" mission (MAEE -CNRS) is focused on the study of the cultures that developed in Armenia between the Palaeolithic and the end of the Chalcolithic, and on the defi nition of the exchanges which may have existed in these periods between this territory and the regions which surround it. The surveys carried out over the last ten years have enabled the discovery of prehistoric sites ( ) that present cultural variants thus far unknown: the late Chalcolithic of the Vorotan valley (Godedzor); the Neolithic and the Chalcolithic of the plain of Ararat (Aratashen and Aknashen-Khatunarkh); and three new cultural facies ranging from the Late Upper Palaeolithic to the Chalcolithic, discovered in north-western Armenia (Kalavan-1, Kmlo-2 -also named Apnagyugh-8 and Tsaghkahovit-1).
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Neolithic sites in the plain of Ararat in Armenia: Aratashen and Khatunarkh-Aknashen, occupied during the
6th millennium BC. The Neolithic period is poorly known in Armenia from the point of view of subsistence
modes. Comparison of the results of the studies on the fauna reveals many similarities. The animal economy
rested largely on the exploitation of domestic animals, especially sheep and goats, but the mode of exploitation
varied from one site to the other. Cattle played a relatively modest role and pigs are rare on the two sites; we
observe a clear increase in the exploitation of cattle in the latest levels of the occupations. The contribution
of hunting is limited. The large ungulates are present: red deer, aurochs, wild horses, wild boar, as well as
the smaller ones: roe deer, wild Caprinae, gazelles. The remains of bear, wolf, small carnivores, beaver,
and hare have also been identified on one or the other site. Fishing was practised very little. The variety of
wild taxa indicates an exploitation of the environments near the sites, the Kasakh river, the plain of Ararat
and the neighbouring mountains.
Neolithic sites in the plain of Ararat in Armenia: Aratashen and Khatunarkh-Aknashen, occupied during the
6th millennium BC. The Neolithic period is poorly known in Armenia from the point of view of subsistence
modes. Comparison of the results of the studies on the fauna reveals many similarities. The animal economy
rested largely on the exploitation of domestic animals, especially sheep and goats, but the mode of exploitation
varied from one site to the other. Cattle played a relatively modest role and pigs are rare on the two sites; we
observe a clear increase in the exploitation of cattle in the latest levels of the occupations. The contribution
of hunting is limited. The large ungulates are present: red deer, aurochs, wild horses, wild boar, as well as
the smaller ones: roe deer, wild Caprinae, gazelles. The remains of bear, wolf, small carnivores, beaver,
and hare have also been identified on one or the other site. Fishing was practised very little. The variety of
wild taxa indicates an exploitation of the environments near the sites, the Kasakh river, the plain of Ararat
and the neighbouring mountains.
déposés auprès du défunt, au Bronze final (plaine de Vaise, Lyon).» In « De la tombe au territoire » & Actualité de la
Recherche. Actes des 11e Rencontres Méridionales de Préhistoire Récente, Montpellier (Hérault) 25-27 septembre
2014. Sous la dir. de J. Cauliez, I. Sénépart, L. Jallot, P.-A. de Labriffe, C. Gilabert, X. Gutherz avec la collab. De A.
Hasler et V. Ard, Archives d’Ecologie Préhistorique, Toulouse, sept. 2016, pp. 617-627.
La réalisation d’une ZAC dans la plaine de Vaise à Lyon (9e arr.) a entraîné la prescription d’un diagnostic par le Service régional de l’archéologie et sa réalisation en décembre 2013 par le Service archéologique de la Ville de Lyon. Dans la zone nord de l’emprise, trois sondages ont laissé apparaître une dépression topographique ancienne. Dans l’un d’eux se trouvait une sépulture à inhumation primaire individuelle installée dans un niveau incluant de la céramique du Bronze final IIb. Le corps a été déposé sur le dos, tête à l’est, les membres en extension. La datation 14C du squelette fournit une date comprise entre 978-827 av. J.-C., âge calibré. A la base du crâne, ont été trouvés deux objets en silex - un éclat épais avec des retouches abruptes et une pointe de flèche triangulaire à pédoncule et ailerons équarris (de tradition Campaniforme) - ainsi qu’un fragment de marcassite altéré et deux fragments de tige en alliage cuivreux, de même module mais de sections différentes. Au regard de l’association et de la position de ces objets, force est de s’interroger sur leur place au sein des gestes et des pratiques funéraires observés pour le Bronze final.