Originally the site of a small trading post for theDutch West India Company, Albany has a history of settlements originating from 1614. It was known as Fort Orange in honor of the Dutch royal family and became Albany when Britain took control of the settlement in 1654. The state capital of...
Matera, in southern Italy, is a city whose history dates back far. In 2019, the unique architecture of Matera, particularly the Sassi, helped the city earn the title of European Capital of Culture. Matera shows signs of permanent human settlement that date from the Paleolithic era to the pre...
In addition, the settlements dating to the first half of the fifth millennium BC located in the Southern and Northern Caucasus are linked by pottery of the Sioni type (Zamok, Vorontsovskaya peschera, and Mentesh Tepe).25,26 The Areni cave site in Armenia is also ascribed to this late ...