Medieval Fortifications of the Mountainous South Caucasus (Zakagori Fortress in Truso Valley, North Georgia)

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Zakagori fortress in Truso Valley, Northern Georgia (South Caucasus) represents unique medieval complex which was controlling military and economical routs leading from the South to the North in medieval times. This unique complex is known as an architectural and archaeological monument, which combines stratas and sediments of High and Late Medieval periods. Archaeological and multidisciplinary studies of the site in 2018–2019 gained priceless archaeological and historical information about a lifestyle and habit of the inhabitants of the mountainous Caucasus of these times. The results of the multidisciplinary studies will be presented on the presentation, as well as the single archaeological artifacts associated to the everyday life, medieval medicine, and craft of the mountainous Caucasian communities.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39935.0