Nor Geghi Explained

Official Name:Nor Geghi
Native Name:Նոր Գեղի
Pushpin Map:Armenia
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Armenia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Kotayk
Population As Of:2011 census
Population Total:5,319
Coordinates:40.3211°N 44.5797°W
Elevation M:1347

40.3211°N 44.5797°WNor Geghi (Armenian: Նոր Գեղի) is a major village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, located around 22 km north of the capital Yerevan, near the town of Nor Hachen. As of the 2011 census, the population of the village is 5,319.[1]

Archaeology

A 2014 study published in the journal Science discovered Levallois and bifacial stone tools in an archaeological site near Nor Geghi.[2] The artifacts, found preserved in soil under a later lava flow and dated at 325,000 – 335,000 years old, were a mix of two distinct stone tool technology traditions: bifacial tools and Levallois tools. Daniel Adler suggests that the coexistence of bifacial and Levallois tools at the site provides the first clear evidence that local populations developed Levallois technology out of existing bifacial technology and that the artifacts found at Nor Geghi reflect the technological flexibility and variability of a single population. He further concludes that this challenges the view that technological change resulted from population change and suggests instead that Levallois technology developed independently from existing technology within different human populations who shared a common technological ancestry.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://armstat.am/file/doc/99482213.pdf Kotayk population
  2. Adler. D. S.. Wilkinson. K. N.. Blockley. S.. Mark. D. F.. Pinhasi. R.. Schmidt-Magee. B. A.. Nahapetyan. S.. Mallol. C.. Berna. F.. 2014-09-26. Early Levallois technology and the Lower to Middle Paleolithic transition in the Southern Caucasus. Science. en. 345. 6204. 1609–1613. 10.1126/science.1256484. 0036-8075. 25258079.
  3. News: Prehistoric Stone Tools Evolved Independently Within Local Populations, Say Researchers. Popular Archeology. 2017-08-02. en-US. September 25, 2014 .