Archaeology in the Borderlands Investigations in Caucasia and Beyond

Critically re-examines traditional archaeological work in Caucasia, the broad isthmus between the Black and Caspian Seas, assembling accounts of recent excavations by an international group of scholars. Addresses the ways that archaeologists are actively re-conceptualizing the region within both historical and anthropological frameworks, presenting critical new materials from the Neolithic period through the Iron Age. By challenging traditional models of economic, political, cultural, and social marginality that read the past through Cold war geopgraphies, this volume opens new possibilities for understanding a region whose pre-, proto-, and early history are critical to contemporary efforts to define a regional order for the post-Soviet era.Smith, Adam T. is the author of 'Archaeology in the Borderlands Investigations in Caucasia and Beyond' with ISBN 9781931745017 and ISBN 1931745013.