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Polysource procurement at Nakhchivan Tepe (Azerbaijan, Chalcolithic): first insights into the obsidian consumption patterns of a Dalma site recently discovered in the Southern Caucasus

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Obsidian sourcing studies in the Caucasus have long focused on the modern Armenian territory, at the expense of other areas. Although excavation campaigns are multiplying in Western Azerbaijan, thus completing our knowledge of the prehistoric populations of the region, few data are available on the obsidian consumption patterns of Nakhchivan, an autonomous republic part of Azerbaijan that is landlocked between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. This small region of 5,500 km2 is however of prime interest for the reconstitution of past trade networks, given its strategic location at the crossroads of north-south and east-west circulation axes and its well-known copper deposits, rich summer pastures, and numerous water sources. Understanding the raw material consumption patterns in this region seems essential if we are to grasp the broader economic processes that existed in the Caucasus between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. This is one of the aims of two recent research projects conducted in the region: PAST-OBS (LaScArBx LabEx, dir. F.-X. Le Bourdonnec) and SCOPE (University of New England, dir. M. Orange). In this paper, we focus on one particular site, Nakhchivan Tepe, which is located in a strategic position not far from the confluence of the Naxçivançay and the Araxes rivers: the evidence suggests that this site may have had a specific function in the trade networks of the Chalcolithic period.
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hal-02157366 , version 1 (16-12-2021)

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Marie Orange, Veli Bakhshaliyev, Rémi Berthon, Catherine Marro, François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec. Polysource procurement at Nakhchivan Tepe (Azerbaijan, Chalcolithic): first insights into the obsidian consumption patterns of a Dalma site recently discovered in the Southern Caucasus. International Obsidian Conference, May 2019, Sárospatak, Hungary. pp.121-132. ⟨hal-02157366⟩
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