Migration theory and the distribution of the Early Transcaucasian Culture.
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
Description: This dissertation places the history of the interpretation of ETC wares within the context of the history of anthropological thought in an effort to contextualize the question. Primary data, drawn from the Amuq Valley Regional Project (AVRP) Survey, is used for an in-depth GIS analysis of settlement patterns. The AVRP Survey collections are also used to form a new regional EBA typology for an examination of the ceramic industries of the EBA in the Amuq Valley. These new data are then compared with the material from regions to the north and south of the Amuq, to evaluate traditional explanatory mechanisms and to understand the distribution of ETC wares as a result of a migration. Finally, a reconstruction that would best explain the data is created to complete the understanding of the distribution of the related wares across the greater Near East.This work is a re-evaluation of the archaeology of the Early Transcaucasian Culture (ETC) and the various mechanisms used to explain the distribution of its material culture across the Near East during the Early Bronze Age (ca. 3500--2000 B.C.E.). The extent of this distribution is daunting, and as a result, the research focuses on the western portion of the ETC distribution zone, and more specifically on the Malatya-Elazig region of Eastern Turkey, the Amuq Valley of Southeastern Anatolia, and Northern Palestine.
Notes: Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-06, Section: A, page: 2265.