Struggle for power in the highlands ? On the relationships between the light-ware and the black-ware crafting communities in the Caucasus and Beyond (ca. 4300-2900 BCE).

Catherine Marro (1)

1 Archéorient - ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien

This paper analyses the correlation between the rise and the expansion of the Kura-Araxes cultures (c. 4300-2900 BCE) and the progressive disappearance of Light-Ware crafting communities from the highlands between 3500 and 2800 BCE. It is suggested that the two phenomena may be related by a causal link, but other explanations, such as the limited availability of arable land in the Highlands, as well as the specificities of Kura-Araxes socio-economic system, are also discussed.

Mots clés: Social complexity; Kura-Araxes expansion; Late Chalcolithic oikumenè; collapse

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Catherine Marro. Struggle for power in the highlands ? On the relationships between the light-ware and the black-ware crafting communities in the Caucasus and Beyond (ca. 4300-2900 BCE).. Pathways through Arslantepe. Essays in Honour of Marcella Frangipane., 2020, 978-88-7853-874-0. ⟨halshs-03102258⟩