On the Shoulders of Prometheus : International Collaboration and the Archaeology of Georgia / edited by Emanuele E. Intagliata, Paul Everill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Intagliata, Emanuele E., editor.

Everill, Paul, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology).

Georgia (Republic)--Antiquities.

Georgia (Republic).

Caucasus, South--Antiquities.

Caucasus, South.

South Caucasus.

Georgia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 149 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2023.

Summary:

Despite some high-profile exceptions, the archaeology of theSouth Caucasus (present-day Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan)remains marginalised and often overlooked - not receiving the widerexposure it deserves. This situation is partly a consequence ofdecades of occupation and academic isolation, and partly because ofan unfortunate (and incorrect) perception that the South Caucasusis simply peripheral to the archaeologies of Europe and Asia.</p><p>The chapters collected in this volume demonstrate the diversityand vibrancy of international research collaboration in thearchaeology of Georgia, while all underline the enormous potentialof the country's archaeological resource. The importance of seeingthe South Caucasus in its unique context, rather than as peripheralto Europe or Asia, is evident throughout. The increasingapplication of scientific techniques to archaeological research andlandscape archaeology features prominently in many of thesechapters. However, the key element is the multidisciplinary natureof much of the work, which allows specialists drawn from a widerange of backgrounds and scholarly traditions to contribute to thebetter understanding and appreciation of the Georgian historicenvironment.

Contents:

Introduction

Emanuele E. Intagliata and Paul Everill

Chapter 1: The Javakheti Plateau: Megaliths, Villages, and Obsidian Mines in the Prehistory of the Lesser Caucasus of Georgia Paolo Biagi, Renato Nisbet

Chapter 2: Household Archaeology and the Agricultural Economy of an Iron Age Village: The 10th-3rd Centuries BC at Grakliani Gora, Shida Kartli, Georgia Katie Campbell, Davit Naskidashvili, Katya Turchin, Vakhtang Licheli

Chapter 3: The East Georgian Sanctuaries of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages Simone Arnhold, Paata Bukhrashvili, Felix Blocher, Shorena Davitashvili

Chapter 4: Work- and Lifescapes in 1st Millennium BC Udabno Sabina Brodbeck-Jucker, René Kunze

Chapter 5: Nokalakevi-Archaeopolis: Twenty Years of Anglo-Georgian Collaboration Paul Everill, Nikoloz Murgulia, Davit Lomitashvili, Ian Colvin, Besik Lortkipanidze

Chapter 6: Lighting up Arrian's Room. Preliminary Remarks on the Lamps Found in the Roman Fort in Apsaros (Gonio, Georgia) Maria Jaworska

Chapter 7: Early Christian (4th-6th Centuries AD) Monuments of the Kingdom of Lazika, West Georgia Nikoloz Murgulia, Besik Lortkipanidze, Davit Lomitashvili

Chapter 8: A New Late Antique Church Complex at the Foot of the Greater Caucasus Machkhomeri Hill (Khobi Municipality) Emanuele E. Intagliata, Revaz Papuashvili, Andrey Vinogradov, Davit Naskidashvili, Gogita Chitaia

Chapter 9: The Results of Landscape Survey from Samshvilde Environs (Chivchava River and Khrami River Valleys) David Berikashvili.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781803275321

1803275324