Early Neolithic wine of Georgia in the South Caucasus
Patrick E. McGovern; Mindia Jalabadze; Stephen Batiuk; Michael P. Callahan; Karen E. Smith; Gretchen R. Hall; Eliso Kvavadze; D. Maghradze; Nana Rusishvili; Laurent Bouby; O. Failla; Gabriele Cola; Luigi Mariani; Elisabetta Boaretto; Roberto Baciliéri; Patrice This; Nathan Wales, and David Lordkipanidze · 2017
Catalogue summary
McGovern and colleagues combine residue chemistry, archaeobotany, dating, and environmental evidence from Neolithic sites in Georgia to document very early grape-wine production. The study situates the Shulaveri-Shomutepe cultural zone across the southern Caucasus, including northern Armenia.
Why this matters
It places Armenia within a rigorously dated regional account of early viniculture rather than treating modern borders as prehistoric cultural boundaries.
Citation
Patrick E. McGovern; Mindia Jalabadze; Stephen Batiuk; Michael P. Callahan; Karen E. Smith; Gretchen R. Hall; Eliso Kvavadze; D. Maghradze; Nana Rusishvili; Laurent Bouby; O. Failla; Gabriele Cola; Luigi Mariani; Elisabetta Boaretto; Roberto Baciliéri; Patrice This; Nathan Wales, and David Lordkipanidze 2017. Early Neolithic wine of Georgia in the South Caucasus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714728114
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