Mesolithic figurine found in Damjili Cave offers new clues to Neolithic transition

Mesolithic figurine found in Damjili Cave offers new clues to Neolithic transition

A stone figurine discovered in Damjili Cave, western Azerbaijan, is providing archaeologists with new insights into the cultural and symbolic transition from the Mesolithic to Neolithic in the South Caucasus. The figurine, discovered in a Mesolithic context and dated to between 6400 and 6100 BC – immediately before the advent of the Neolithic period – is believed to represent an anthropomorphic human figure carved from a river stone. The carving…