Azokh Cave and the Transcaucasian Corridor

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fernández-Jalvo, Yolanda (Editor), King, Tania (Editor), Yepiskoposyan, Levon (Editor), Andrews, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Earth Sciences.

his edited volume describes the geology, stratigraphy, anthropology, archaeology, dating, taphonomy, paleobotany, paleontology and paleoecology of Azokh caves (also known as Azykh or Azikh). The chapters review exhaustively the key recent research on this limestone karstic site, which is located nea...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Azokh Caves and the Transcaucasian corridor
• Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Azokh Caves, South Caucasus
• Geology and Geomorphology of Azokh Caves
• Lithic Assemblages Recovered from Azokh 1
• Azokh Cave Hominin Remains
• The New Material of Large Mammals from Azokh and Comments on the Older Collections
• Rodents, Lagomorphs and Insectivores from Azokh Cave
• Bats from Azokh Caves
• Amphibians and  Squamate Reptiles from Azokh 1
• Taphonomy and Site Formation of Azokh 1
• Bone Diagenesis at Azokh Caves
• Coprolites, Paleogenomics and Bone Content Analysis
• Palaeoenvironmental Context of Coprolites and Plant Microfossils from Unit II, Azokh 1
• Charcoal Remains from Azokh 1: Preliminary Results
• Paleoecology of Azokh 1
• Appendices.