Geoarchaeology and Soil Micromorphology of Early Bronze Age Anthropic Features from Natsargora Settlement (Southern Caucasus, Georgia)

At the Kura-Araxes site of Natsargora in Georgia, soil micromorphological study was carried out in 2011 on a sequence of prepared external surfaces and on two different combustion features (a typical clay hearth with inner projections, and a shallow cuvette of sub-rectangular shape). Prepared floors were intentionally fashioned by repeatedly laying down layers of yellowish local marine sediment of variable thickness, while the thin dark horizons included between them represent residues of activities carried out on the floors, e.g. of processing of cereals and occasional animal parking. The first analysed installation turned out to be the result of the superimposition of two successive combustion features of the same type, while the second one was probably associated with cereal processing.