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Shulaveri-Shomu Neolithic communities

Shulaveris Gora / შულავერის გორა

Mudbrick buildings, plant and animal remains, tools, storage, pottery, and residue evidence illuminate early farming communities and varied connections in southern Caucasus lowlands.

Neolithic archaeological-classification, farming, household, craft, and regional-network context Approximately sixth millennium BCE, with site-specific chronologies Settlement stratigraphy, circular mudbrick architecture, botanical and faunal remains, pottery, stone and bone tools, radiocarbon dating, residues, and regional comparison Shulaveris Gora settlement mound; an orientation site within a wider archaeological distribution, not an ethnic capital or territorial boundary
Resumo

Evidências, paisagens, escala comunitária, organização política e conexões

Conexões montanhosos, fluviais, do mar Negro, do Cáspio, anatolias, iranias e esteparias

River plains, soils, rainfall, crops, herds, wild resources, clay, stone, and routes between highlands and lowlands shaped local settlements.

Organização política e escala comunitária

Households coordinated construction, farming, herding, storage, food preparation, and craft. Evidence does not establish one centralized Shulaveri-Shomu state.

Transformação na Antiguidade tardia, patrimônio vivo e recepção moderna

Archaeological authorities across modern borders steward related sites. The classification cannot determine modern national priority, ethnicity, ancestry, or descent.

Primary classification Shulaveri-Shomu

A scholarly grouping of related but variable sites, not a people-name.

Current archaeology [S2] [S3]
Built environment circular mudbrick structures

Building arrangements and uses varied by phase and site.

Excavated evidence [S2] [S3]
Subsistence farming, herding, and wild-resource use

Household practice cannot be reduced to a single agricultural transition model.

Reviewed 2026 [S1] [S2]
Sequência histórica

Uma cronologia breve e documentada

Estes marcos servem de orientação e não constituem uma história completa.

  1. Farming settlements expand

    Communities built mudbrick structures and combined crops, herds, gathering, hunting, storage, and craft.

    [S1] [S2] [S3]

  2. Local settlement sequences diversify

    Architecture, pottery, tools, plants, and animals varied across sites rather than forming one uniform package.

    [S1] [S2]

  3. Regional material patterns change

    Settlement and craft traditions shifted through local development and wider contacts, not a demonstrated single replacement event.

    [S2] [S3]

  4. Excavation and laboratory study refine interpretation

    Dating, archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, and residue analysis expanded evidence beyond pottery typology.

    [S1] [S2] [S3]
Cultura e língua

Famílias, subsistência, trabalho, língua, crenças, artesanato, intercâmbio e mobilidade

Línguas mencionadas neste perfil

  • No deciphered written language evidence
  • Architecture and pottery cannot assign spoken language

Família linguística: Unknown from archaeological evidence

Circular mudbrick structures preserve household-scale planning and repair.

Plant and animal evidence documents farming alongside local ecological use.

Early wine interpretations rely on residue and contextual analysis, not modern national ownership.

Elite graves, fortresses, royal inscriptions, churches, palaces, imported objects, and state heritage narratives are often more visible than households, women, children, farmers, herders, fishers, craftspeople, migrants, captives, enslaved or coerced people, and rural communities. Evidence gaps must not be filled with evolutionary hierarchy, ethnic purity, foreign-founder, empty-land, lost-civilization, or simple population-replacement narratives.

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Fontes usadas nesta página

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  1. C1

    Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · State-submitted archaeological heritage record · 2007; current tentative-list record

  2. C2

    Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International archaeological heritage record · 2007; current record

  3. C3

    The Culture of Shengavit

    History Museum of Armenia · National archaeological museum resource · Current museum research resource

  4. C4

    Areni-1 Cave

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · State-submitted archaeological heritage record · 2026; current tentative-list record

  5. C5

    Archaeological Collection

    History Museum of Armenia · National museum archaeological collections resource · Current institutional resource

  6. C6

    Historical Monuments of Mtskheta

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International cultural-heritage record · 1994; current record

  7. C7

    Vani Archaeological Museum

    Georgian National Museum · National archaeological museum and site resource · Current museum resource

  8. C8

    Department of Ancient Archaeology

    Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia · National academic archaeological research resource · Current research resource

  9. C9

    Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International archaeological and architectural heritage record · 2003; current record

  10. C10

    Nokalakevi Archaeological Project

    Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi · Accountable archaeological fieldwork and publication resource · Current archaeological project resource

  11. C11

    Ancient Archaeology Department

    Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences · National academic archaeological research resource · Current research resource

  12. C12

    Museum Reserve Erebuni

    Yerevan Municipality · Public archaeological museum resource · Current municipal museum directory

  13. S1

    Early Neolithic wine of Georgia in the South Caucasus

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Peer-reviewed archaeological science · 2017

  14. S2

    Shulaveri archaeological collections and research

    Georgian National Museum · National museum archaeological resource · Current institutional resource

  15. S3

    Ancient Archaeology Department

    Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences · National academic archaeological resource · Current research resource

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Revisión editorial: 5 agosto 2026

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