History of Geology Without Borders: Armenia and Beyond

This book presents recent achievements in interdisciplinary archaeological and geological studies as well as new ideas on the development of geological concepts. The territory of Armenia and the South Caucasus region together have been inhabited since Lower Paleolithic times and there is extensive evidence of the prehistoric use of stone and metals and trade of these raw materials. Being situated in the Arabian-Eurasian collision zone, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions also played an important role for Armenia. This book highlights path-breaking associative archaeological and geological research in recent decades, which has contributed enormously to understanding the growth of these two key disciplines in Armenia. It also illuminates information about past human activity, revealing new knowledge of our past through improving reliability of scientific information derived from the potential of archaeologists and geologists to work together in frameworks with a common interest.