Excavations at Ovçular Tepesi (Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan). First Preliminary Report : the 2006-2008 Seasons

Marro, Catherine; Bakhshaliyev, Veli; Ashurov, Safar

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“…The filling of the pits, and indirectly the small mammals remains, have been radiocarbon dated between 4350 and 3970 calibrated years BC. (Marro et al ., ).…”

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“…Ovçular Tepesi is located in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijan) (Fig. ), at the crossroads of major routes linking the Iranian plateau to Anatolia and the Caucasus to Mesopotamia (Marro et al ., , ). This location makes this site a focal point for documenting the different dispersal routes of human groups and their commensal animals towards Transcaucasia.…”

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“…The recent discovery of numerous mice remains collected from a 6000‐year‐old village (Ovçular Tepesi) in Southwest Transcaucasia (Marro, Bakhshaliyev & Ashurov, ) provides new insights into the dispersal path of both the house mouse and the Neolithic migration in Transcaucasia as a result of the chronological, taxonomical, and biogeographical information encapsulated in the mice remains. The present study aimed to use molar traits, which are heritable and not remodelled through life, to observe the phenotypic relationships of Ovçular Tepesi mice with other ancient and current mouse sub‐species and populations from Southwest Asia: (1) to identify the sub‐specific status of what is allegedly one of the first commensal house mouse populations in Southwestern Transcaucasia; (2) to assess its most likely geographical origin and dispersal route; and (3) to discuss the house mouse colonization history in Transcaucasia.…”

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On the trail of Neolithic mice and men towards Transcaucasia: zooarchaeological clues from Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan)

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Transcaucasia comprises a key region for understanding the history of both the hybrid zone between house mouse lineages and the dispersal of the Neolithic way of life outside its Near Eastern cradle. The opportunity to document the colonization history of both men and mice in Transcaucasia was made possible by the discovery of mouse remains accumulated in pits from a 6000‐year‐old farming village in the Nakhchivan (Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan). The present study investigated their taxonomy and most likely dispersal path through the identification of the Mus lineage to which they might belong using a geometric morphometric approach of dental traits distances between archaeological and modern populations of the different Mus lineages of South‐West Asia. We demonstrate that the mouse remains trapped in the deep storage pits of the dwelling belong to the Mus musculus domesticus from the Near East, with dental shapes similar to current populations in Northern Syria. These results strongly suggest that the domesticus lineage was dispersed into Transcaucasia from the upper Euphrates valley by Neolithic migration, some time between the 7th and 5th millennium BC, providing substantial evidence to back up the scenario featuring near‐eastern stimuli in the emergence of agriculture in the South Caucasus. The domesticus mitochondrial DNA signature of the current house mouse in the same location 5000 years later, as well as their turnover towards a subspecies musculus/castaneus phenotype, suggests that early domesticus colonizers hybridized with a later musculus (and maybe castaneus) dispersal originating from south of the Caspian Sea and/or Northern Caucasia. © 2013 The Linnean Society of London

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“…The filling of the pits, and indirectly the small mammals remains, have been radiocarbon dated between 4350 and 3970 calibrated years BC. (Marro et al ., ).…”

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“…1). After limited studies were carried out by Azerbaijani archaeologists in 1986 and 2001 (Berthon et al, 2013), systematic scientific excavations commenced in 2006 as part of a Franco-Azerbaijani Joint Project (Marro et al, 2009) and the excavations were completed in 2013.The site has two main archaeological phases, namely, Late Chalcolithic and Kuro-Araxes. The Chalcolithic layers lie directly under an Early Bronze Age cultural deposit which is less well-preserved than the upper level.…”

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“…The second level, representing the Late Chalcolithic period, is divided into two phases. The Phase I is dated to 4350-4250 BC and the Phase II, where the circular structures lie, is dated to 4250-3940 BC (Marro et al, 2009(Marro et al, , 2011. This study concerns indirect evidence of the circular structures belonging to the Late Chalcolithic communities in Nakhchivan.…”

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Geoarchaeological Evidence of the Late Chalcolithic Circular Structure at Ovçular Tepesi in Nakhchivan

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This article provides indirect evidence of the function of circular structures by focusing on the sedimentological process of the circular structures by the groups in the Late Chalcolithic period that occupied Ovçular Tepesi in Nakhchivan. Microstratigraphic has gained increasing importance in archaeological research and many studies. It has become an indispensable pillar of research methods, going beyond its role as an auxiliary method. The main scope of this study is considered not only as a way to reveal the physical structure of external factors experienced in the past but also as part of the process of understanding the extent and variability of human-environment interaction in the context of time-space. In addition to the microstratigraphic field studies conducted to determine the sedimentological deposition process of the circular structures in Ovçular Hill and to reveal the differentiation range in sedimentation, texture and SEM images and EDX analyzes were also supported in this study. Besides, determinations regarding the construction applications of circular structures such as masonry technique, plaster and soil floors were also shared.

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Petrographic and geochemical investigations of the late prehistoric ceramics from Sos Höyük, Erzurum (Eastern Anatolia)

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On the trail of Neolithic mice and men towards Transcaucasia: zooarchaeological clues from Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan)

On the trail of Neolithic mice and men towards Transcaucasia: zooarchaeological clues from Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan)

Geoarchaeological Evidence of the Late Chalcolithic Circular Structure at Ovçular Tepesi in Nakhchivan

Petrographic and geochemical investigations of the late prehistoric ceramics from Sos Höyük, Erzurum (Eastern Anatolia)

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