Publications

Middle Palaeolithic toolstone procurement behaviors at Lusakert Cave 1, Hrazdan valley, Armenia

Keywords: Palaeolithic archaeology Lithic raw material procurement Provisioning strategies Southern Caucasus Obsidian sourcing Rock magnetic characterization
Title of journal: Journal of Human Evolution
Year: 2016 Volume: 91 Pages: 73-92

Author: Ellery Frahm, Joshua Feinberg, Beverly A. Schmidt-Magee, Keith Wilkinson, Boris Gasparyan, Other autors

Lithic raw material units based on magnetic properties: A blind test with Armenian obsidian and application to the Middle Palaeolithic site of Lusakert Cave 1

Keywords: Lithic analysis Middle Palaeolithic Minimum analytical nodules Obsidian characterization Raw material units Rock magnetism Southern Caucasus
Title of journal: Journal of Archaeological Science
Year: 2016 Volume: 74 Pages: 102-123

Author: Ellery Frahm, Joshua Feinberg, Gilliane F. Monnier, Gilbert Tostevin, Boris Gasparyan, Other autors

Upper Palaeolithic Settlement and Mobility in the Armenian Highlands: Agent-Based Modeling, Obsidian Sourcing, and Lithic Analysis at Aghitu-3 Cave

Keywords: Computer simulation NetLogo Hunter-gatherers Agent-based modeling (ABM) Whole assemblage behavioral indicators (WABI)
Title of journal: Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
Year: 2019 Volume: 2 Pages: 418–465

Author: Ellery Frahm, Boris Gasparyan, Andrew Kandel,

Caucasus Connections? New Data and Interpretations for Armenian Obsidian in Northern Mesopotamia

Keywords: Armenia Syria Turkey Caucasus Northern Mesopotamia Late Neolithic Obsidian sourcing Inter-regional contact Portable XRF (pXRF) Electron microprobe analysis (EMPA)
Title of journal: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Year: 2016 Volume: 9 Pages: 543-564

Author: Ellery Frahm, Stuart Campbell, Elizabeth Healey,

Seen through a glass darkly: Reexamining connections between Mesopotamia and the Caucasus

Keywords: Caucasus Obsidian glass Reexamining
Title of journal: Between Syria and the highlands. Studies in honor of Giorgio Buccellati & Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati (SANEM, 3)
Year: 2019 Pages: 198-211

Author: Ellery Frahm,

Ptghni: A new obsidian source in the Hrazdan River basin, Armenia

Keywords: obsidian Hrazdan River Southern Caucasus Armenia
Title of journal: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Year: 2017 Volume: 14 Pages: 55-64

Author: Ellery Frahm, Keith Wilkinson, Emily J Beverly, Daniel Adler, Boris Gasparyan, Other autors

Pleistocene Volcanism and the Geomorphological Record of the Hrazdan Valley, Central Armenia: Linking Landscape Dynamics and the Palaeolithic Record

Keywords: Pleistocene Palaeogeography Volcanism Geomorphology Palaeolithic Gegham range Tectonism 40Ar/39 Ar chronology Southern Caucasus
Title of journal: Quaternary Science Reviews
Year: 2019 Volume: 226 Pages: 1-17

Author: Jennifer Sherriff, K N Wilkinson, Daniel S. Adler, D Arakelyan, Emily J Beverly, Other autors

Integrated stratigraphy of the Eocene-Oligocene deposits of the northern Caucasus (Belaya River, Russia): Intermittent oxygen-depleted episodes in the Peri-Tethys and Paratethys

Keywords: Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum MECO Eocene-Oligocene Transition Anoxia Maikop Kuma Formation
Title of journal: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Year: 2019 Volume: 536

Author: Annique van der Boon, Robin van der Ploeg, Margot Cramwinckel, K.F. Kuiper, S.V. Popov, Other autors

New insights into fluid-rock interaction mechanisms at mud volcanoes: Implications for fluid origin and mud provenance at Bahar and Zenbil (Azerbaijan)

Keywords: Mud volcanism Azerbaijan Maykop facies Hydrocarbons Seep water chemistry Diagenesis Fluid-rock interaction Clay mineralogy Fluid mixing
Title of journal: Chemical Geology
Year: 2020 Volume: 537

Author: Andre Baldermann, Orhan Rafael Abbasov, Aygun Bayramova, Elshan Abdullayev, Martin Dietzel,

Sediment petrography, mineralogy and geochemistry of the Miocene Islam Dağ Section (Eastern Azerbaijan): Implications for the evolution of sediment provenance, palaeo‐environment and (post‐)depositional alteration patterns

Keywords: Carbon isotopes climate change diagenesis Eastern Paratethys geochemistry hydrocarbons Miocene provenance
Title of journal: Sedimentology
Year: 2019

Author: Andre Baldermann, Elshan Abdullayev, Yelena Taghiyeva, Alasgar Alasgarov, Zohrab Javad‐Zada,