relationship · REL-evt_srsc1_south_caucasus_iron_adoption-ASSOCIATED_WITH-arch_srsc1_colchian_culture
Gradual adoption of iron across the South Caucasus associated with Colchian archaeological tradition
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Evidence and sources
- informs · defines and contextualizes
Innovation and Adoption of Iron in the Ancient Near East — Nathaniel L. Erb-Satullo (2019)Separates early objects from production and broad adoption.
Locator: Regional adoption review and chronological synthesis - informs · provides archaeological observation
Tli Necropolis — L. PantskavaDocuments limited iron before broader later production.
Locator: Tli assemblage and iron-use summary - informs · provides archaeometallurgical context
Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Copper Smelting Technologies in the South Caucasus: The View from Ancient Colchis c. 1500–600 BC — Nathaniel L. Erb-Satullo, Brian J. J. Gilmour, Nana Khakhutaishvili (2014)Provides western Georgian technological context.
Locator: Late Bronze–Early Iron production sequence