On the Shoulders of Prometheus: International Collaboration and the Archaeology of Georgia

Emanuele E. Intagliata, Paul Everill, Emanuele E. Intagliata, Paul Everill

• Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781803275321
• Topic: Scienze sociali
• Subtopic: Archeologia

Despite some high-profile exceptions, the archaeology of the South Caucasus (present-day Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) remains marginalised and often overlooked – not receiving the wider exposure it deserves. This situation is partly a consequence of decades of occupation and academic isolation, and partly because of an unfortunate (and incorrect) perception that the South Caucasus is simply peripheral to the archaeologies of Europe and Asia.

The chapters collected in this volume demonstrate the diversity and vibrancy of international research collaboration in the archaeology of Georgia, while all underline the enormous potential of the country's archaeological resource. The importance of seeing the South Caucasus in its unique context, rather than as peripheral to Europe or Asia, is evident throughout. The increasing application of scientific techniques to archaeological research and landscape archaeology features prominently in many of these chapters. However, the key element is the multidisciplinary nature of much of the work, which allows specialists drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and scholarly traditions to contribute to the better understanding and appreciation of the Georgian historic environment.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Georgian Archaeological Monographs
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Introduction
• Chapter 1
• The Javakheti Plateau: Megaliths, villages, and obsidian mines in the prehistory of the Lesser Caucasus of Georgia
• Chapter 2
• Household Archaeology and the Agricultural Economy of an Iron Age Village: The 10th–3rd centuries BC at Grakliani Gora, Shida Kartli, Georgia
• Chapter 3
• The East Georgian Sanctuaries of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages
• Chapter 4
• Work- and Lifescapes in 1st Millennium BC Udabno
• Chapter 5
• Nokalakevi–Archaeopolis: Twenty Years of Anglo-Georgian Collaboration
• Chapter 6
• Lighting up Arrian’s room. Preliminary remarks on the lamps found in the Roman fort in Apsaros (Gonio, Georgia)
• Chapter 7
• Early Christian (4th-6th centuries AD) monuments of the Kingdom of Lazika, West Georgia
• Chapter 8
• A new late antique church complex at the foot of the Greater Caucasus – Machkhomeri hill (Khobi Municipality)
• Chapter 9
• The Results of Landscape Survey from Samshvilde Environs (Chivchava River and Khrami River valleys)