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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
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Éléments probants, paysages, échelle communautaire, organisation politique et connexions

Connexions montagneux, fluviales, du mar Negro, du Caspio, anatoliennes, iraniennes et des steppes

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

Organisation politique et échelle communautaire

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

Transformation à l'Antiquité tardive, patrimoine vivant et réception moderne

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]
Séquence historique

Uma cronologia breve e documentada

Ces repères servent d'orientation et ne constituent pas une histoire complète.

  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]
Culture et langue

Foyers, subsistance, travail, langue, croyances, artisanat, échange et mobilité

Langues mentionnées dans ce profil

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

Famille linguistique: 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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