Series | Eurasian Studies
Edited book | Armenia, Caucasus, and Central Asia
Chapter | Ossidiana e selce nel Caucaso Meridionale
Ossidiana e selce nel Caucaso Meridionale
Il caso di Aradetis Orgora
- Flavia Amato - Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia Italia - email
Abstract
Lithic production in the Southern Caucasus continues to flourish even after the diffusion of metals in the 4th-3rd millennia BC. Flint elements and especially those in obsidian, were in fact of considerable importance in the life of metal age communities and are well attested both in living and in funerary contexts. Considered by some scholars as an attribute of celestial deities, obsidian is present in numerous deposits between the Lesser and the Greater Caucasus, from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. It was widely exploited for its naturally sharp edges and ease of processing. Flint, of local origin, is used to made agricultural tools, generally found in the inhabited areas, and arrowheads and spearheads, most commonly preserved in funerary contexts. The present article analyses the main features of the lithic assemblage from Aradetis Orgora, the most important site in the Shida Kartli region of Georgia, and from its Kura-Araxes cemetery.
Submitted: April 12, 2019 | Accepted: May 15, 2019 | Published Oct. 17, 2019 | Language: it
Keywords Shida Kartli • Georgia • Iron Age • Ad hoc tools • Doghlauri • Flint • Sickle blades • Projectile points • Kura-Araxes • Southern Caucasus • Bronze Age • Obsidian • Aradetis Orgora
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Introduction
- Introduzione
- Aldo Ferrari, Elena Rova
- Oct. 17, 2019
Chapters
- Usi funerari nel Caucaso Meridionale nell'Età del Bronzo Antico: il caso di Shida Kartli (Georgia)
- Elena Rova
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Focolari e installazioni da fuoco nell'archeologia del Caucaso meridionale
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- Oct. 17, 2019
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Ossidiana e selce nel Caucaso Meridionale
Il caso di Aradetis Orgora - Flavia Amato
- Oct. 17, 2019
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Uno sguardo a Nord-Est
La Turchia Orientale e il Caucaso Meridionale nel Bronzo Tardo - Francesco Bianchi
- Oct. 17, 2019
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Ai confini della Sogdiana
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- La musica d’arte (maqom) tra Herat, Bukhara e Kashgar
- Giovanni De Zorzi
- Oct. 17, 2019
- Sayat Nova: tra le pause di quiete e le crisi di una creazione
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Note su élite, economia e retorica della continuità - Vincenzo Zenobi
- Oct. 17, 2019
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Diplomazia creativa al servizio di strategie di nicchia di una piccola potenza
La Diplomazia umanitaria dell'Azerbaigian - Carlo Frappi
- Oct. 17, 2019
- Il sostegno esterno ufficiale agli stati de facto nel Caucaso del sud
- Giorgio Comai
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- The OSCE and EU Actions towards Georgian Separatist Conflicts: the Case of South Ossetia
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- Oct. 17, 2019
- Profili bio-bibliografici degli Autori
- Oct. 17, 2019
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Amato Flavia |
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dc.title |
Ossidiana e selce nel Caucaso Meridionale. Il caso di Aradetis Orgora |
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dc.type |
Chapter |
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dc.language.iso |
it |
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dc.description.abstract |
Lithic production in the Southern Caucasus continues to flourish even after the diffusion of metals in the 4th-3rd millennia BC. Flint elements and especially those in obsidian, were in fact of considerable importance in the life of metal age communities and are well attested both in living and in funerary contexts. Considered by some scholars as an attribute of celestial deities, obsidian is present in numerous deposits between the Lesser and the Greater Caucasus, from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. It was widely exploited for its naturally sharp edges and ease of processing. Flint, of local origin, is used to made agricultural tools, generally found in the inhabited areas, and arrowheads and spearheads, most commonly preserved in funerary contexts. The present article analyses the main features of the lithic assemblage from Aradetis Orgora, the most important site in the Shida Kartli region of Georgia, and from its Kura-Araxes cemetery. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Eurasian Studies |
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dc.publisher |
Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing |
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dc.issued |
2019-10-17 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2019-05-15 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2019-04-12 |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-341-0/ossidiana-e-selce-nel-caucaso-meridionale/ |
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10.30687/978-88-6969-340-3/004 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2610-8879 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2610-9433 |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
978-88-6969-341-0 |
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dc.identifier.eisbn |
978-88-6969-340-3 |
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dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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with fulltext |
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open |
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dc.peer-review |
yes |
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dc.subject |
Ad hoc tools |
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dc.subject |
Ad hoc tools |
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dc.subject |
Aradetis Orgora |
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dc.subject |
Aradetis Orgora |
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dc.subject |
Bronze Age |
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dc.subject |
Bronze Age |
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dc.subject |
Doghlauri |
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dc.subject |
Doghlauri |
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dc.subject |
Flint |
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dc.subject |
Flint |
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dc.subject |
Georgia |
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dc.subject |
Georgia |
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dc.subject |
Iron Age |
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dc.subject |
Iron Age |
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dc.subject |
Kura-Araxes |
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dc.subject |
Kura-Araxes |
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dc.subject |
Obsidian |
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dc.subject |
Obsidian |
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dc.subject |
Projectile points |
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dc.subject |
Projectile points |
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dc.subject |
Shida Kartli |
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dc.subject |
Shida Kartli |
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dc.subject |
Sickle blades |
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dc.subject |
Sickle blades |
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dc.subject |
Southern Caucasus |
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dc.subject |
Southern Caucasus |
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