Abstract The scope of this paper is to describe and discuss two kurgans discovered on the terraces of Mt. Shaori and close to the village of Kavta, near Trialeti, whose sur faces were covered with obsidian artefacts. As far as we know, these are unique cases in the Bronze Age ar chaeology of Georgia. What do we really know of the use of obsidian in this region of the Caucasus despite the recent discovery of obsidian mining fields he scope of this paper is to describe and discuss two kurgans discovered on the terraces of Mt. Shaori and close to the village of Kavta, near Trialeti,
Mt. Chikiani Obsidian and Its Ritual Use on the Javakheti Plateau? (Georgian Caucasus)
Paolo Biagi
2025-01-01
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Abstract The scope of this paper is to describe and discuss two kurgans discovered on the terraces of Mt. Shaori and close to the village of Kavta, near Trialeti, whose sur faces were covered with obsidian artefacts. As far as we know, these are unique cases in the Bronze Age ar chaeology of Georgia. What do we really know of the use of obsidian in this region of the Caucasus despite the recent discovery of obsidian mining fields he scope of this paper is to describe and discuss two kurgans discovered on the terraces of Mt. Shaori and close to the village of Kavta, near Trialeti,
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