Episode 25: The Neolithic Comes to Transcaucasia

In the east of Anatolia and off to the north of Mesopotamia is the southern Caucasus, which is also known as Transcaucasia. This region combines being one of the last parts of the Near East to have mobile hunter-gatherers, and one of the first regions of the Near East to practice copper metallurgy. In between we have the sixth millennium cal BCE, when Transcaucasia has its own unique Neolithic. If you have any questions or comments you can email me at [email protected] or reach me on the website at prehistorypodcast.com.