Technical and Social Innovations in the Caucasus: between the Eurasian Steppe and the Earliest Cities in the 4th and 3rd millennia BC

Project Information

ARCHCAUCASUS

Grant agreement ID: 834616

DOI

10.3030/834616

Project closed

EC signature date 27 May 2019

Start date 1 July 2019

End date 30 June 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 487 875,00

EU contribution

€ 2 487 875,00

Coordinated by

DEUTSCHES ARCHAOLOGISCHES INSTITUT
Germany

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Publications

Non-peer reviewed articles (4)

Dokumentarische Beiträge zum Steinkammergrab von Züschen (Lohne, Stadt Fritzlar, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis)

Author(s): Svend Hansen, Mehmet Karauçak, Jan Krumnow, Konstantin Scheele
Published in: Fundberichte Hessen Digital, Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 2699-1772
Publisher: Landesamtes für Denkmalpflege Hessen

Samshvilde, Georgien. Eine Siedlung der Kura-Arax-Kultur in Georgien. Die Grabungen von 2021 bis 2023

Author(s): M. Teufer, L. Tchabashvili, J. Krumnow, S. Hansen,
Published in: e-Forschungsberichte des DAI, 2024, ISSN 2198-7734
Publisher: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

Maikop, Russische Föderation. Neues zur Domestikation des Pferdes. Die Anfänge führen in den Kaukasus während des 4. Jahrtausends v. Chr. Aktuelle Resultate 2021

Author(s): Svend Hansen, Ludovic Orlando, Sabine Reinhold, Andrej Borisovič Belinskij, Alexej Kalmykov
Published in: e-Forschungsberichte des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, 2021, ISSN 2198-7734
Publisher: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

Irmis Rka, Georgien. Neue Daten zur Bedeni-Keramik. Die Arbeiten von Juli bis August 2022

Author(s): Elise Luneau, Gia Chilingarashvili, Svend Hansen
Published in: e-Forschungsberichte des DAI, 2025, ISSN 2198-7734
Publisher: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

Peer reviewed articles (13)

The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes

Author(s): Pablo Librado, Naveed Khan, Antoine Fages, Mariya A. Kusliy, Tomasz Suchan, Laure Tonasso-Calvière, Stéphanie Schiavinato, Duha Alioglu, Aurore Fromentier, Aude Perdereau, Jean-Marc Aury, Charleen Gaunitz, Lorelei Chauvey, Andaine Seguin-Orlando, Clio Der Sarkissian, John Southon, Beth Shapiro, Alexey A. Tishkin, Alexey A. Kovalev, Saleh Alquraishi, Ahmed H. Alfarhan, Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid,
Published in: Nature, Issue 598, 2021, ISSN 1476-4687
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group

Using Y-chromosome capture enrichment to resolve haplogroup H2 shows new evidence for a two-path Neolithic expansion to Western Europe

Author(s): Adam B. Rohrlach, Luka Papac, Ainash Childebayeva, Maïté Rivollat, Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, Gunnar U. Neumann, Sandra Penske, Eirini Skourtanioti, Marieke van de Loosdrecht, Murat Akar, Kamen Boyadzhiev, Yavor Boyadzhiev, Marie-France Deguilloux, Miroslav Dobeš, Yilmaz S. Erdal, Michal Ernée, Marcella Frangipane, Mirosław Furmanek, Susanne Friederich, Emmanuel Ghesquière, Agata Hałuszko, Sve
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 11, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94491-z

The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes

Author(s): Pablo Librado, Naveed Khan, Antoine Fages, Mariya A. Kusliy, Tomasz Suchan, Laure Tonasso-Calvière, Stéphanie Schiavinato, Duha Alioglu, Aurore Fromentier, Aude Perdereau, Jean-Marc Aury, Charleen Gaunitz, Lorelei Chauvey, Andaine Seguin-Orlando, Clio Der Sarkissian, John Southon, Beth Shapiro, Alexey A. Tishkin, Alexey A. Kovalev, Saleh Alquraishi, Ahmed H. Alfarhan, Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid, Ti
Published in: Nature, Issue 598, 2021, Page(s) 634-640, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04018-9

Ten millennia of hepatitis B virus evolution

Author(s): Arthur Kocher, Luka Papac, Rodrigo Barquera, Felix M. Key, Maria A. Spyrou, Ron Hübler, Adam B. Rohrlach, Franziska Aron, Raphaela Stahl, Antje Wissgott, Florian van Bömmel, Maria Pfefferkorn, Alissa Mittnik, Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, Gunnar U. Neumann, Maïté Rivollat, Marieke S. van de Loosdrecht, Kerttu Majander, Rezeda I. Tukhbatova, Lyazzat Musralina, Ayshin Ghalichi, Sandra Penske, Susanna
Published in: Science, Issue 374, 2021, ISSN 1095-9203
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science

The rise and transformation of Bronze Age pastoralists in the Caucasus

Author(s): Ayshin Ghalichi, Sabine Reinhold, Adam B. Rohrlach, Alexey A. Kalmykov, Ainash Childebayeva, He Yu, Franziska Aron, Lena Semerau, Katrin Bastert-Lamprichs, Andrey B. Belinskiy, Natalia Y. Berezina, Yakov B. Berezin, Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht, Alexandra P. Buzhilova, Vladimir R. Erlikh, Lars Fehren-Schmitz, Irina Gambashidze, Anatoliy R. Kantorovich, Konstantin B. Kolesnichenko, David Lordkipanidz
Published in: Nature, Issue 635, 2024, Page(s) 917-925, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08113-5

Stone Age<i>Yersinia pestis</i>genomes shed light on the early evolution, diversity, and ecology of plague

Author(s): Aida Andrades Valtueña, Gunnar U. Neumann, Maria A. Spyrou, Lyazzat Musralina, Franziska Aron, Arman Beisenov, Andrey B. Belinskiy, Kirsten I. Bos, Alexandra Buzhilova, Matthias Conrad, Leyla B. Djansugurova, Miroslav Dobeš, Michal Ernée, Javier Fernández-Eraso, Bruno Frohlich, Mirosław Furmanek, Agata Hałuszko, Svend Hansen, Éadaoin Harney, Alina N. Hiss, Alexander Hübner, Felix M. Key, E
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 119, 2024, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2116722119

Eurasia and Ancient Egypt in the Fourth Millennium BCE

Author(s): Svend Hansen
Published in: Journal of Egyptian History, Issue 13, 2020, ISSN 1874-1665
Publisher: Brill

Genome‐wide population affinities and signatures of adaptation in hydruntines, sussemiones and Asian wild asses

Author(s): Jianfei Pan, Xuexue Liu, Mateusz Baca, Laure Calvière‐Tonasso, Stéphanie Schiavinato, Loreleï Chauvey, Gaétan Tressières, Aude Perdereau, Jean‐Marc Aury, Pedro H. Oliveira, Patrick Wincker, Aida Abdykanova, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan, Andrey B. Belinskiy, Eudald Carbonell, Hossein Davoudi, Jaime Lira Garrido, Allan S. Gilbert, Taylor Hermes, Christina Warinner, Alexey A.
Published in: Molecular Ecology, Issue 33, 2024, ISSN 0962-1083
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/mec.17527

Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe

Author(s): Sandra Penske, Adam B. Rohrlach, Ainash Childebayeva, Guido Gnecchi-Ruscone, Clemens Schmid, Maria A. Spyrou, Gunnar U. Neumann, Nadezhda Atanassova, Katrin Beutler, Kamen Boyadzhiev, Yavor Boyadzhiev, Igor Bruyako, Alexander Chohadzhiev, Blagoje Govedarica, Mehmet Karaucak, Raiko Krauss, Maleen Leppek, Igor Manzura, Karen Privat, Shawn Ross, Vladimir Slavchev, Adéla Sobotkova, Meda Toderaş, Tod
Published in: Nature, Issue 620, 2023, Page(s) 358-365, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06334-8

At the onset of settled pastoralism – Implications of archaeozoological and isotope analyses from Bronze age sites in the North Caucasus

Author(s): Sabine Reinhold, Jana Eger, Norbert Benecke, Corina Knipper, Dirk Mariaschk, Svend Hansen, Sandra L. Pichler, Claudia Gerling, Aleksandra P. Buzhilova, Tatyana A. Mishina, Dmitriy S. Korobov, Andrey B. Belinskiy
Published in: Quaternary International, Issue 700-701, 2024, Page(s) 50-67, ISSN 1040-6182
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2023.05.008

Emergence of human-adapted Salmonella enterica is linked to the Neolithization process

Author(s): F. M. Key, C. Posth, L. R. Esquivel-Gomez, R. Hübler, M. A. Spyrou, G. U. Neumann, A. Furtwängler, S. Sabin, M. Burri, A. Wissgott, A. Kumar Lankapalli, Å. J. Vågene, M. Meyer, S. Nagel, R. Tukhbatova, A. Khokhlov, A. Chizhevsky, S. Hansen, A. B. Belinsky, A. Kalmykov, A. R. Kantorovich, V. E. Maslov, P. W. Stockhammer, S. Vai, M. Zavattaro, A. Riga, D. Caramelli, R. Skeates, J. Beckett, M
Published in: Nature ecology and evolution, 2020, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group

Emergence and intensification of dairying in the Caucasus and Eurasian steppes

Author(s): Ashley Scott, Sabine Reinhold, Taylor Hermes, Alexey A. Kalmykov, Andrey Belinskiy, Alexandra Buzhilova, Natalia Berezina, Anatoliy R. Kantorovich, Vladimir E. Maslov, Farhad Guliyev, Bertille Lyonnet, Parviz Gasimov, Bakhtiyar Jalilov, Jeyhun Eminli, Emil Iskandarov, Emily Hammer, Selin E. Nugent, Richard Hagan, Kerttu Majander, Päivi Onkamo, Kerkko Nordqvist, Natalia Shishlina, Elena Kaverzneva
Published in: Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution, Issue 6, 2022, Page(s) 813-822, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01701-6

Arsenic Bronze. An Archaeological Introduction into a Key Innovation

Author(s): Svend Hansen
Published in: Eurasia Antiqua, Issue 23, 2021, ISSN 0949-0434
Publisher: Rudolf Habelt

Book chapters (5)

Frühester Wagenbau in Eurasien. Rekonstruktion eines der ältesten Räderfahrzeuge aus Nordkaukasien

Author(s): Kirsten Hellström
Published in: Kulturen im Kaukasus. Spuren zwischen Bergen und Steppen. Archäologie in Deutschland Sonderheft 33, 2025, ISBN 978-3-534-69505-8
Publisher: Herder Verlag

Majkop und Europa. Innovationen des 4. Jt. v. Chr.

Author(s): Svend Hansen
Published in: Kulturen im Kaukasus. Spuren zwischen Bergen und Steppen., 2025
Publisher: Herder

Depositional practices of shaft-hole axes in the 4th millennium BC.

Author(s): Svend Hansen
Published in: Roberto Risch/Ernst Pernicka/Harald Meller (Hrsg.), Der soziale Wert prähistorischer Beile – neue archäologische und archäometrische Ansätze. The social value of prehistoric axes – new archaeological and archaeometric approaches. 16. Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 5. Bis 7. Oktober 2023 in Halle (Saale), 2024
Publisher: Landesamt f. Denkmalpflege u. Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt

Technische und soziale Innovationen im 4. und frühen 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr

Author(s): Svend Hansen
Published in: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. 25 Jahre Eurasien-Abteilung, 2020
Publisher: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

Aruchlo. Eine neolithische Siedlung in Georgien.

Author(s): Svend Hansen, Katrin Bastert-Lamprichs
Published in: Kulturen im Kaukasus. Spuren zwischen Bergen und Steppen, 2025
Publisher: Herder Verlag

Monographic books (3)

Der bronzezeitliche Großgrabhügel der Nekropole Rasševatskij-1 in der Steppe des Vorkaukasus = Большой курган эпохи бронзы могильника Расшеватский-1 в степном Предкавказье

Author(s): Aleksej Anatol'evič Kalmykov, Andrej Borisovič Belinskij, Svend Hansen, Sabine Reinhold, Kirsten Hellström
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Habelt

Kulturen im Kaukasus. Spuren zwischen Bergen und Steppen

Author(s): Sabine Reinhold (ed.)
Published in: Kulturen im Kaukasus. Spuren zwischen Bergen und Steppen. Archäologie in Deutschland Sonderheft 33, 2025, ISBN 978-3-534-69505-8
Publisher: Herder Verlag

Macht der Steine – Steine der Macht. Menhire, Stelen und Statuen zwischen dem 5. Und 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr.

Author(s): Svend Hansen
Published in: Archäologie in Eurasien 43, 2025
Publisher: Habelt Verlag

Other (1)

ERC Advanced Grant ARCHCAUCASUS. Technische und soziale Innovationen im Kaukasus: zwischen Eurasischer Steppe und den frühesten Städten im 4. und 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr.

Author(s): Svend Hansen
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

Conference proceedings (1)

Axes and Metal Deposits in the Caucasus from the 5th to the 2nd Millennium BCE.

Author(s): Svend Hansen
Published in: The Caucasus / Der Kaukasus Bridge between the urban centres in Mesopotamia and the Pontic steppes in the 4th and 3rd millennium BC / Brücke zwischen den urbanen Zentren Mesopotamiens und der pontischen Steppe im 4. und 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Proceedings of the / Ergebnisse der Caucasus Conference, Frankfurt am Main 2018, 2021
Publisher: Schnell & Steiner