The TransCause project is a research project focusing on the Paleolithic record of Armenia , aiming to study the dynamics between humans and the landscape with which they interacted withn. The project is managed by Dr. Arik Malinsky-Buller and Boris Gasparyan (The Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, Yerevan, Armenia), integrating a wide variety of fields of research such as geology, geomorphology, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, biological evolution as well as in depth study of the hominin behavioral repertoire. As part of the project, an excavations are taking place at Ararat-1 and Dalarik-1 caves in Armenia, as well as a geomorphological survey being carried out in the area.

Additional details can be found at the Human-Environment Daynamics Lab website

Publications

S Joannin, Capit, A, Ollivier, V, Bellier, O, Brossier, B, Mourier, B, Tozalakian, P, Colombié, C, Yevadian, M, Karakhanyan, A, Gasparyan, B, Malinsky-Buller, A, Chataigner, C, and Perello, B. 2022. “First Pollen Record From The Late Holocene Forest Environment In The Lesser Caucasus.”. Review Of Palaeobotany And Palynology , 304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104713.

B Gasparyan, Petrosyan, A, Glauberman, P, Adigyozalyan, A, Arimura, M, Frahm, E, Nahapetyan, S, Arakelyan, D, Sherriff, J, Karampaglidis, T, Krakovsky, M, and Malinsky-Buller, A. 2022. “Dalarik-1: A New Lower Paleolithic Cave Site In The Republic Of Armenia.”. Aramazd: Armenin Journal Of Near Eastern Studies.

A. Malinsky-Buller, Glauberman, P. , Ollivier, V. , Lauer, T. , Timms, R. , Frahm, E. , Brittingham, A. , Triller, B. , Kindler, L. , Knul, M.V. V. , Krakovsky, M. , Joannin, S. , Hren, M.T. , Bellier, O. , Clark, A. M. A. , Blockley, S. P.E. , Arakelyan, D. , Marreiros, J. , Paixao, E. , Calandra, I. , Ghukasyan, R. , Nora, D. , Nir, N. , Adigyozalyan, A. , Haydosyan, H. , Gasparyan, B. , Paixaco, E. , Calandra, I. , Ghukasyan, R. , Nora, D. , Nir, N. , Adigyozalyan, A. , Haydosyan, H. , and Gasparyan, B. . 2021. “Short-Term Occupations At High Elevation During The Middle Paleolithic At Kalavan 2 (Republic Of Armenia)”. Plos One, 16, 2, Pp. e0245700. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245700.

Ariel Malinsky-Buller, Glauberman, Phil , Wilkinson, Keith , Li, Bo , Frahm, Ellery , Gasparyan, Boris , Timms, Rhys , Adler, S. D, and Sherriff, E. J. 2020. “Evidence For Middle Palaeolithic Occupation And Landscape Change In Central Armenia At The Open-Air Site Of Alapars-1”. Quaternary Research, Pp. 1–25. doi:10.1017/qua.2020.61.

B Gasparyan, Adler, AS, Wilkinson, KN, Nahapetyan, S, Egeland, CP, Glauberman, PJ, Malinsky-Buller, A, Arakelyan, D, Arimura, M, Dan, R, Frahm, E, Haydosyan, H, Azizbekyan, H, Petrosyan, A, and Kandel, AW. 2020. “Study Of The Stone Age In The Republic Of Armenia (Part 1 – Lower Palaeolithic)”. Aramazd Armenian Journal Of Near Eastern Studies, X, 1-2, Pp. 1–61.