Fortified communities in the South Caucasus: insights from Mtsvane Gora and Dmanisis Gora

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dc.contributor.authorErb-Satullo, Nathaniel L.
dc.contributor.authorJachvliani, Dimitri
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-20T14:10:01Z
dc.date.available2022-07-20T14:10:01Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-20
dc.description.abstractFortresses are defining features of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age landscape in the South Caucasus, with hundreds of sites recorded in archaeological surveys in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and northeastern Turkey. Yet, research on how these communities functioned is dominated by evidence from the small fraction of these sites that have been excavated, and regional variability remains underexplored. This paper discusses excavations at two such fortresses in the Lesser Caucasus borderlands and contextualizes them within global discussions about fortresses and their associated communities. Analysis of architecture, ceramics, and small finds identified evidence for a diverse range of activities within these compounds, including both craft production and ritual activity. While the size and construction of the two fortresses differ, the evidence for significant occupation at both suggests that these fortresses were durable communities, not temporary refugia. Further work is necessary, however, to assess whether these fortresses were highly ordered institutions centralized under elite rule or heterarchical communities joined by common interest.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationErb-Satullo NL, Jachvliani D. (2022) Fortified communities in the South Caucasus: insights from Mtsvane Gora and Dmanisis Gora. Journal of Field Archaeology, Volume 47, Issue 5, pp. 305-323en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0093-4690
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2022.2074647
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18202
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectfortressen_UK
dc.subjectfortificationen_UK
dc.subjecthillforten_UK
dc.subjectwallen_UK
dc.subjectLate Bronze Ageen_UK
dc.subjectEarly Iron Ageen_UK
dc.subjectceramicsen_UK
dc.subjectmetallurgyen_UK
dc.subjectcraft productionen_UK
dc.subjecthierarchyen_UK
dc.titleFortified communities in the South Caucasus: insights from Mtsvane Gora and Dmanisis Goraen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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