Aram Yardumian is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Bryn Athlyn College. An anthropologist who works at the intersection of genetics and archaeology, he has conducted fieldwork in Georgia, Armenia, Oman, and the Caribbean. He has also investigated the dispersal and prehistory of anatomically modern humans through phylogeographic studies of Y-chromosome and mitochondrial haplogroups, and the analysis of genomic DNA. Theodore G. Schurr is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. For over 30 years, he has conducted anthropological genetics research that combines ethnographic fieldwork with laboratory analyses. He has investigated the prehistory of Siberia and the Americas, as well as that of Australia, Melanesia, Turkey, Georgia, Pakistan, and Kazkhstan. He has also explored the role of the mitochondrial DNA in complex diseases, metabolism, and adaptation.

'This is a timely and valuable resource on the Caucasus, and an important first in its thorough and up-to-date coverage of the geographical setting, genetics, archeology, and linguistics. Especially welcome is its grounding in current best work on linguistic relationships and prehistory. Clear and readable even on technical matters, it can be recommended to both scholarly and general readers.' Johanna Nichols, University of California, Berkeley

• 1. Prolegomenon; 2. Geography and Ecology; 3. Paleoanthropology; 4. Modern Human Entry into the Caucasus; 5. Neolithic Revolution; 6. The Caucasus Chalcolithic and Bronze Age; 7. Linguistic Diversity in the Caucasus; 8. Genetic History of the Caucasus; 9. A Synthetic View of the Peopling of the Caucasus; 10. Further Research into the Peopling of the Caucasus Studies; Glossary.

Aram Yardumian is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Bryn Athlyn College. An anthropologist who works at the intersection of genetics and archaeology, he has conducted fieldwork in Georgia, Armenia, Oman, and the Caribbean. He has also investigated the dispersal and prehistory of anatomically modern humans through phylogeographic studies of Y-chromosome and mitochondrial haplogroups, and the analysis of genomic DNA. Theodore G. Schurr is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. For over 30 years, he has conducted anthropological genetics research that combines ethnographic fieldwork with laboratory analyses. He has investigated the prehistory of Siberia and the Americas, as well as that of Australia, Melanesia, Turkey, Georgia, Pakistan, and Kazkhstan. He has also explored the role of the mitochondrial DNA in complex diseases, metabolism, and adaptation.

'This is a timely and valuable resource on the Caucasus, and an important first in its thorough and up-to-date coverage of the geographical setting, genetics, archeology, and linguistics. Especially welcome is its grounding in current best work on linguistic relationships and prehistory. Clear and readable even on technical matters, it can be recommended to both scholarly and general readers.' Johanna Nichols, University of California, Berkeley

• 1. Prolegomenon; 2. Geography and Ecology; 3. Paleoanthropology; 4. Modern Human Entry into the Caucasus; 5. Neolithic Revolution; 6. The Caucasus Chalcolithic and Bronze Age; 7. Linguistic Diversity in the Caucasus; 8. Genetic History of the Caucasus; 9. A Synthetic View of the Peopling of the Caucasus; 10. Further Research into the Peopling of the Caucasus Studies; Glossary.

Aram Yardumian is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Bryn Athlyn College. An anthropologist who works at the intersection of genetics and archaeology, he has conducted fieldwork in Georgia, Armenia, Oman, and the Caribbean. He has also investigated the dispersal and prehistory of anatomically modern humans through phylogeographic studies of Y-chromosome and mitochondrial haplogroups, and the analysis of genomic DNA. Theodore G. Schurr is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. For over 30 years, he has conducted anthropological genetics research that combines ethnographic fieldwork with laboratory analyses. He has investigated the prehistory of Siberia and the Americas, as well as that of Australia, Melanesia, Turkey, Georgia, Pakistan, and Kazkhstan. He has also explored the role of the mitochondrial DNA in complex diseases, metabolism, and adaptation.

'This is a timely and valuable resource on the Caucasus, and an important first in its thorough and up-to-date coverage of the geographical setting, genetics, archeology, and linguistics. Especially welcome is its grounding in current best work on linguistic relationships and prehistory. Clear and readable even on technical matters, it can be recommended to both scholarly and general readers.' Johanna Nichols, University of California, Berkeley

• 1. Prolegomenon; 2. Geography and Ecology; 3. Paleoanthropology; 4. Modern Human Entry into the Caucasus; 5. Neolithic Revolution; 6. The Caucasus Chalcolithic and Bronze Age; 7. Linguistic Diversity in the Caucasus; 8. Genetic History of the Caucasus; 9. A Synthetic View of the Peopling of the Caucasus; 10. Further Research into the Peopling of the Caucasus Studies; Glossary.