Azokh Cave and the Transcaucasian Corridor

This edited volume maximizes readers insights into the geology, stratigraphy, anthropology, archaeology, dating, taphonomy, palaeobotany, palaeontology and palaeoecology of Azokh caves. The chapters review exhaustively the key recent research on this limestone karstic site that lies in the region of Nagorno Karabagh (a semi-autonomous zone inside Azerbaijan) in the Caucasus containing Pleistocene and Holocene stratified sediment infill. It is significant due to its geographic location at an important migratory crossroad between Africa and Eurasia. The site is also important due to the discovery of Middle Pleistocene hominin remains during a previous phase of excavation work. At the heart of this book is the matter of how this site relates to human evolution. ?

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 Director of the Azokh Project at 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.