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The Second Field Season (2010) of the Georgian-Italian Shida Kartli Archaeological Project - by Elena Rova (Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici - Ca' Foscari University)

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Sommario

  1. Introduction
  2. Study of the Khashuri Natsargora material
  3. Excavations at Okherakhevi
  4. Survey activities
  5. Collection of samples for 14C, archaeometric and other analyses

Introduction

The second field season of the Shida Kartli project of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy) in cooperation with the Georgian National Museum (Georgia) took place from August 21st to October 4th, 2010. The Italian team was composed of the following members: Prof. Elena Rova (Ca' Foscari University, co-director), Katia Gavagnin (Ph. D. candidate, University of Torino), Eleonora Carminati, Giulia De Nobili and Mirko Furlanetto (MA students in Near Eastern Archaeology at Ca' Foscari University), Dr. Stefano Furlani (University of Padova), geomorphologist, Alberto Stinghen (MA student in Geology at Padova University), and Dr. Elisabetta Boaretto (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel), C14 specialist. The Georgian team consisted of: Dr. Zurab Makharadze (Georgian National Museum, Centre of Archaeology- Head of Field Research Department, co-director), Prof. Marina Puturidze (Department of Archaeology, Tbilisi State University, co-director), Ketevan Bulukhia, Davit Darejanashvili, Giorgi Khaburzania, Giorgi Kvaratskhelia, Tamar Meladze, Zviad Sherazadishvili, Revaz Vadachkoria (students in Archaeology at Tbilisi State University). The expedition was based at the dig-house at Kavtishkhevi in the Kaspi district kindly provided by the Georgian National Museum. This year's work included new excavations as well as indoor study of unpublished materials from old excavations, survey activities and collection of samples for archaeometric analyses from different sites of the Shida Kartli region (Fig. 1).

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Fig. 1 Map of Georgia with approximate location of the research area and of the Khashuri Natsargora and Okherakhevi sites.
Fig. 1 Map of Georgia with approximate location of the research area and of the Khashuri Natsargora and Okherakhevi sites.

Fig. 2 Examples of Kura-Araxes pottery from the Natsargora settlement.
Fig. 2 Examples of Kura-Araxes pottery from the Natsargora settlement.

Fig. 3 Examples of Bedeni fine (above) and coarse pottery (below) from the Natsargora settlement.
Fig. 3 Examples of Bedeni fine (above) and coarse pottery (below) from the Natsargora settlement.

Fig. 4 Okherakhevi, view of Kurgan no. 1.
Fig. 4 Okherakhevi, view of Kurgan no. 1.

Fig. 5 Okherakhevi, view of the burial chamber of Kurgan no. 1.
Fig. 5 Okherakhevi, view of the burial chamber of Kurgan no. 1.

Fig. 6 Okherakhevi, Kurgan no. 1, burial goods.
Fig. 6 Okherakhevi, Kurgan no. 1, burial goods.

Fig. 7 Okherakhevi, Kurgan no. 2, view of the central pit.
Fig. 7 Okherakhevi, Kurgan no. 2, view of the central pit.

Fig. 8 Okherakhevi, Kurgan no. 2, view of Late Bronze Age ritual pit.
Fig. 8 Okherakhevi, Kurgan no. 2, view of Late Bronze Age ritual pit.

Fig. 9 Study of an exposed section of the Kura terrace, near Okherakhevi.
Fig. 9 Study of an exposed section of the Kura terrace, near Okherakhevi.

Fig. 10 Satellite image of the Aradetis Orgora area, showing the site (in the black circle), the paleo-rivers channels and terraces.
Fig. 10 Satellite image of the Aradetis Orgora area, showing the site (in the black circle), the paleo-rivers channels and terraces.