Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 2023
Many questions have accumulated about the 2nd millennium BC Bronze Age in Georgia, especially reg... more Many questions have accumulated about the 2nd millennium BC Bronze Age in Georgia, especially regarding the Tsalka, Trialeti, and Javakheti regions. Mainly, these regard the “non-existing” settlements of the Middle Bronze Trialeti culture. This lack of settlements has become a missing puzzle piece in the study of Middle Bronze Age society. Another interesting, related, phenomenon is the spread of cyclopean castles and temples in the Tsalka and Javakheti regions. How are they connected with the kurgan (burial mound) clusters which are situated around them and how do they link to the settlements around them? The Paravani Archaeological Project has begun to contribute to these vague issues. The project was implemented with the full financial support of the Cultural Heritage Protection Agency of Georgia. This paper presents the results of the Paravani Archaeological Project carried out in the Javakheti region. It started in 2018 with a geoarchaeological survey. The archaeological work included survey activities, as well as excavations. Many laboratory samples were also processed for palynological and petrographic analysis.
Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 2023
Many questions have accumulated about the 2nd millennium BC Bronze Age in Georgia, especially reg... more Many questions have accumulated about the 2nd millennium BC Bronze Age in Georgia, especially regarding the Tsalka, Trialeti, and Javakheti regions. Mainly, these regard the “non-existing” settlements of the Middle Bronze Trialeti culture. This lack of settlements has become a missing puzzle piece in the study of Middle Bronze Age society. Another interesting, related, phenomenon is the spread of cyclopean castles and temples in the Tsalka and Javakheti regions. How are they connected with the kurgan (burial mound) clusters which are situated around them and how do they link to the settlements around them? The Paravani Archaeological Project has begun to contribute to these vague issues. The project was implemented with the full financial support of the Cultural Heritage Protection Agency of Georgia. This paper presents the results of the Paravani Archaeological Project carried out in the Javakheti region. It started in 2018 with a geoarchaeological survey. The archaeological work included survey activities, as well as excavations. Many laboratory samples were also processed for palynological and petrographic analysis.
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