Azokh Cave and the Transcaucasian Corridor (eBook)

Dr. Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo is a researcher at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Spain in the Department of Paleobiology.  Dr. Tania King is co-Director with Dr. Fernández-Jalvo of the Azokh Project and afiliated to the Blandford Museum, UK.  Dr. Peter Andrews is a research scientist in the Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London. Dr. Levon Yepiskoposyan is Head of the Human Genetics Group at the Institute of Molecular Biology in the National Academy of Sciences, Armenia.

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.