Kura–Araxes culture

E193073

Early Bronze Age culture archaeological culture

The Kura–Araxes culture was an early Bronze Age archaeological culture of the South Caucasus and surrounding regions, notable for its distinctive red-black pottery, metallurgy, and settlement patterns.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Kura–Araxes culture canonical	2
Early Transcaucasian I culture	1
Early Transcaucasian culture	1
Kura-Araxes cultural tradition	1
Kura-Araxes culture	1
Kuro-Araxes culture	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Early Bronze Age culture ⓘ archaeological culture ⓘ
alternativeName	Kura–Araxes culture ⓘ surface form: Early Transcaucasian I culture Kura–Araxes culture ⓘ surface form: Early Transcaucasian culture Kura–Araxes culture ⓘ surface form: Kuro-Araxes culture
archaeologicalSite	Arslantepe VIA ⓘ Gegharot ⓘ Godin Tepe V ⓘ Khramis Didi Gora ⓘ Kültepe I (Nakhchivan) ⓘ Metsamor ⓘ Yerevan, Armenia ⓘ surface form: Shengavit (Yerevan)
burialCustom	burials under tumuli ⓘ grave goods including pottery and metal objects ⓘ inhumation in cist graves ⓘ
chronologicalPhase	KA I ⓘ KA II ⓘ KA III ⓘ KA IV ⓘ
domesticatedAnimal	cattle ⓘ goats ⓘ horses ⓘ pigs ⓘ sheep ⓘ
economy	animal husbandry ⓘ mixed farming ⓘ
endTime	c. 2000 BCE ⓘ
followedBy	Middle Bronze Age cultures of the South Caucasus ⓘ Trialeti-Vanadzor culture ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	biconical pottery vessels ⓘ black interior pottery surfaces ⓘ burnished pottery surfaces ⓘ fortified settlements ⓘ handmade pottery ⓘ red exterior pottery surfaces ⓘ red-black burnished pottery ⓘ small villages ⓘ stone and mudbrick architecture ⓘ subterranean or semi-subterranean houses ⓘ use of plough agriculture ⓘ use of wheeled vehicles ⓘ wide geographic expansion from core Caucasian area ⓘ
influenced	Trialeti-Vanadzor culture ⓘ surface form: Trialeti culture Uruk-related communities in northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
knownFor	arsenical bronze production ⓘ copper working ⓘ distinctive settlement patterns ⓘ metallurgy ⓘ
languageFamilyHypothesis	Hurro-Urartian languages ⓘ early Indo-European languages ⓘ early Kartvelian languages ⓘ
mainRegion	South Caucasus ⓘ South Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Transcaucasia
name	Kura–Araxes culture self-link ⓘ
namedAfter	Aras River ⓘ surface form: Araxes River Kura River ⓘ
period	Early Bronze Age ⓘ
precededBy	Shulaveri–Shomu culture ⓘ
presentIn	eastern Turkey ⓘ modern Armenia ⓘ modern Azerbaijan ⓘ modern Georgia ⓘ northeastern Syria ⓘ northern Mesopotamia ⓘ northwestern Iran ⓘ
researchField	Bronze Age studies ⓘ Caucasian archaeology ⓘ
startTime	c. 3400 BCE ⓘ

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Subject: Kura–Araxes culture
Description of subject: The Kura–Araxes culture was an early Bronze Age archaeological culture of the South Caucasus and surrounding regions, notable for its distinctive red-black pottery, metallurgy, and settlement patterns.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armenian Highlands → archaeologicalCulture → Kura–Araxes culture ⓘ

Kura–Araxes culture → name → Kura–Araxes culture self-link ⓘ

Kura–Araxes culture → alternativeName → Kura–Araxes culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuro-Araxes culture

Kura–Araxes culture → alternativeName → Kura–Araxes culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Transcaucasian culture

Kura–Araxes culture → alternativeName → Kura–Araxes culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Transcaucasian I culture

Trialeti-Vanadzor culture → partOf → Kura–Araxes culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kura-Araxes cultural tradition

Trialeti-Vanadzor culture → follows → Kura–Araxes culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kura-Araxes culture