The Upper Palaeolithic site of Kalavan 1 (Armenia): an Epigravettian settlement in the Lesser Caucasus.
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.
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, MCC, LAMPEA UMR 7269, 13094 Aix-en-Provence, France; DRAC Picardie, Service Régional de l'Archéologie, 5 rue Henri Daussy, 80 000 Amiens, France. Electronic address: cyril.montoya@culture.gouv.fr.
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Montoya
Adrian
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Balasescu
Sébastien
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Joannin
Vincent
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Ollivier
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Liagre
Samvel
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Nahapetyan
Ruben
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Ghukasyan
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Colonge
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Gasparyan
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Chataigner
D000818:Animals; D001106:Archaeology; D001136:Armenia; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005580:Fossils; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis*; D006041:Goats / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D010163:Paleontology; D012756:Sheep / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013672:Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology
Armenia; Epigravettian; Fauna; Lesser Caucasus; Lithic; Upper Paleolithic