Armenia, Caucasus and Central Asia
Research 2016
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abstract
This volume of the "Eurasiatica" series brings together articles devoted to Armenia, the Caucasus and Central Asia, reflecting some of the lines of research on these areas carried out in recent years by Italian scholars from various scientific fields. The volume thus contains studies of an archaeological, philological, literary, socio-economic and political nature that signal the growing interest of Italian research in these regions, characterised as much by a historical-cultural tradition of great antiquity and richness as by an ever-increasing relevance in contemporary political balances.
Lesser Caucasus • Armenian Dominican Friars • Obsidian geochemistry • Funerary Ritual • Obsidian outcrops • Bronze Age • Russian Literature • Armenian version of the Dominican Breviary • Archaeology • Chikiani • Water • Herodotus • Armenian Catholic Church History • Georgia • Kurgan • Central Asia • Scythian • Dedjakov • History of Armenian printing • Mt • Russian chronicles • Political development in the Post-Soviet space • LA-ICP-MS analysis • Civil Society Empowerment • Kazakh Civil Society • State-Civil Society Relations • Alans • Chalcolithic • Southern Caucasus • Tetjakov • Aral Sea • Fazil Iskander • Methodology • Abkhazian culture • Dataset