Nora, David https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2948-776X
Malinsky-Buller, Ariel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0447-6949
Gasparyan, Boris
Petrosyan, Artur
Frahm, Ellery https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7858-3523
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bina and Moshe Stekelis Fund for Prehistoric Archaeology
Ruth Amiran Fund for archaeological research in Eretz-Israel
Hebrew University International PhD Talent Scholarship
Leakey Foundation
HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council (No. 948015)
Fritz Thyssen Foundation
Gerda Henkel Foundation (n. AZ 10_V_17 and n. AZ 23/F/19)
Gfoeller Renaissance Foundation
Areni-1 Cave” Scientific Research Foundation
Yale’s Offices of the Vice Provost for Research, Dean of Science, and Dean of Social Science and its Council on Archaeological Studies and the Department of Anthropology
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Article History
Received: 15 May 2025
Accepted: 1 November 2025
First Online: 24 November 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.