The Caucasus / Der Kaukasus: Bridge Between the Urban Centres in Mesopotamia and the Pontic Steppes in the 4th and 3rd Millennium BC / Brucke Zwischen Den Urbanen Zentren Mesopotamiens Und Der Pontischen Steppe Im 4. Und 3. Jahrtausend V. Chr.

Der Kaukasus als Brucke der Kulturen steht im Mittelpunkt des Innovationstransfers zwischen Mesopotamien und Europa im 4. und fruhen 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Die Beitrage der internationalen Konferenz bilden die Zeitspanne vom Chalkolithikum bis in die Bronzezeit ab und behandeln den geografischen Raum von der Levante bis in die pontische Steppe. English summary: The Caucasus as a bridge of cultures is at the center of the transfer of innovation between Mesopotamia and Europe in the 4th and early 3rd millennium BC. The 4th millennium BC saw the transfer of knowledge and technical innovations, such as the wheel and the wagon, new metals like silver, copper alloying, the domestication fo the horse, and the outbreeding of the woolly sheep. All of these innovations had far-reaching consequences well into historical times. Who we are today is rooted to important parts in these times. The Caucasus has always been considered as a bridge between cultures in this important cultural-historical development. The contributions of the international conference cover the period from the Chalcolithic to the Bronze AGe and deal with the geographical area from the Levant to the Pontic steppe and Carpathian Basin. The contributions to the international conference cover the period from the Chalcolithic to the Bronze Age and cover the geographical area from the Levant to the Pontic Steppe.