event · evt_srsc1_samtavro_cemetery_continuity
Late Bronze–Early Iron continuity at Samtavro cemetery
Large numbers of burials document sustained cemetery use, changing grave goods, and material connections through the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages.
What is the evidence?
observation
Large numbers of burials document sustained cemetery use, changing grave goods, and material connections through the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages.Long-term use is secure, while phase-specific assemblage correlations require specialist review.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1500 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: release preferred synthesis
highPreferred display range synthesized from the cited source roles. It preserves a range and does not imply every component occurred continuously or synchronously.
- supports_with_caveat · contextualizes and limits
Urartian-Type Swords from the Samtavro Cemetery: Evidence of Military Contacts and Conflicts in the South Caucasus — Tamar Giorgadze (2025)Confirms the long sequence and later date of Urartian-type swords.
Locator: Abstract and chronological discussion - contextualizes · contextualizes
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)Places Samtavro within wider regional developments.
Locator: Southern Caucasian cemetery sequences
Interpretation and caveats
The sequence supports local continuity with changing networks. Later Urartian-type weapons must not be pulled backward before their dates.
Event context
Classification
Event type: long term cemetery use
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Samtavro necropolis, Eastern Georgia and middle Kura valleys
Why it matters to the timeline
The event supplies eastern Georgian/Kura continuity and cemetery evidence required by the coverage brief.
Research notes
- Confirms the long sequence and later date of Urartian-type swords. Role: contextualizes and limits. Locator: Abstract and chronological discussion.
- Places Samtavro within wider regional developments. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Southern Caucasian cemetery sequences.
Evidence and sources
- supports_with_caveat · contextualizes and limits
Urartian-Type Swords from the Samtavro Cemetery: Evidence of Military Contacts and Conflicts in the South Caucasus — Tamar Giorgadze (2025)Confirms the long sequence and later date of Urartian-type swords.
Locator: Abstract and chronological discussion - contextualizes · contextualizes
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)Places Samtavro within wider regional developments.
Locator: Southern Caucasian cemetery sequences
Referenced records
- Eastern Georgia and middle Kura valleys · entity
- Samtavro necropolis · entity