Back Trialetià Catalan Trialetien German Թրիալեթ (հուշարձանախումբ) Armenian Mesolithische Trialeticultuur Dutch Триалетская мезолитическая культура Russian Trialetiyen Mezolitik Turkish Тріалетійська середньокам'яна культура Ukrainian
| Period | Mesolithic |
|---|---|
| Dates | c. 16/13000 – c. 8000 BP |
| Major sites | Trialeti, Shanidar Cave, Huto and Kamarband Caves, Kotias Klde, Chokh |
| Preceded by | Baradostian culture |
| Followed by | Shulaveri-Shomu culture |
| The Mesolithic |
|---|
| ↑ Upper Paleolithic |
| ↓ Neolithic |
Trialetian is the name for an Upper Paleolithic-Epipaleolithic stone tool industry from the South Caucasus.[1] It is tentatively dated to the period between 16,000 / 13,000 BP and 8,000 BP.[2]
- ^ Anna Stolberg: Glossar In: Vor 12.000 Jahren in Anatolien. Die ältesten Monumente der Menschheit, Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe (ed.), Stuttgart 2007, pg. 375–377, here: pg. 377.
- ^ Frédérique Brunet: Asie centrale: vers une redéfinition des complexes culturels de la fin du Pléistocène et des débuts de l’Holocène, in: Paléorient 28,2 (2002) pg. 9-24.