Middle Pleistocene environments, landscapes and tephrostratigraphy of the Armenian Highlands: evidence from Bird Farm 1, Hrazdan Valley

TY - JOUR

T1 - Middle Pleistocene environments, landscapes and tephrostratigraphy of the Armenian Highlands

T2 - evidence from Bird Farm 1, Hrazdan Valley

AU - Sherriff, Jenni E.

AU - Wilkinson, Keith N.

AU - Harding, Poppy

AU - Hawkins, Hayley

AU - Timms, Rhys G.O.

AU - Adler, Daniel S.

AU - Beverly, Emily J.

AU - Blockley, Simon P.E.

AU - Gasparyan, Boris

AU - Manning, Christina J.

AU - Mark, Darren

AU - Nahapetyan, Samvel

AU - Preece, Katie J.

N1 - Funding Information: We thank Dr Khachatur Meliksetian (Director of the Institute of Geological Sciences, RA Academy of Sciences) and Dr Dmitri Arakelyan (Institute of Geological Sciences, RA Academy of Sciences), Dr Pavel Avetisyan (Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, RA Academy of Sciences) and Karen Bayramyan (Head of the Protection of Monuments of History and Culture Agency for the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Armenia) for their insights on the archaeology and geology of central Armenia and for logistical help. We are also very grateful to Suren Kesejian for his invaluable assistance in the field and elsewhere, and the Partevian family for hosting us during fieldwork. Dr Monika Knul (University of Winchester), Jayson Gill (University of Connecticut), Alexander Brittingham (University of Connecticut), Yannick Raczynsky-Henk and Dr Phil Glauberman are also thanked for their help in the field. Finally we thank two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on an earlier version of the paper. The analyses and a significant part of the fieldwork reported here was funded by the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2016-102), while the University of Connecticut's Norian Armenian Programs Committee and the Gfoeller Renaissance Foundation, USA, also provided financial assistance. Funding Information: We thank Dr Khachatur Meliksetian (Director of the Institute of Geological Sciences, RA Academy of Sciences) and Dr Dmitri Arakelyan (Institute of Geological Sciences, RA Academy of Sciences), Dr Pavel Avetisyan (Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, RA Academy of Sciences) and Karen Bayramyan (Head of the Protection of Monuments of History and Culture Agency for the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Armenia) for their insights on the archaeology and geology of central Armenia and for logistical help. We are also very grateful to Suren Kesejian for his invaluable assistance in the field and elsewhere, and the Partevian family for hosting us during fieldwork. Dr Monika Knul (University of Winchester), Jayson Gill (University of Connecticut), Alexander Brittingham (University of Connecticut), Yannick Raczynsky‐Henk and Dr Phil Glauberman are also thanked for their help in the field. Finally we thank two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on an earlier version of the paper. The analyses and a significant part of the fieldwork reported here was funded by the Leverhulme Trust (RPG‐2016‐102), while the University of Connecticut's Norian Armenian Programs Committee and the Gfoeller Renaissance Foundation, USA, also provided financial assistance. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

PY - 2022/1

Y1 - 2022/1

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85114716202

U2 - 10.1002/jqs.3370

DO - 10.1002/jqs.3370

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85114716202

SN - 0267-8179

VL - 37

SP - 6

EP - 27

JO - Journal of Quaternary Science

JF - Journal of Quaternary Science

IS - 1

ER -