entity · geo_srsc1_eastern_georgia_kura
Eastern Georgia and middle Kura valleys
Also known as: Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli, Middle Kura
Search frame for settlement, fortress, cemetery, agriculture, and Kura-corridor interactions in eastern Georgia.
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.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · defines search frame
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)
Locator: Relevant regional chapters or site distributions - informs · defines search frame
The Southern Caucasus in Prehistory: Stages of Cultural and Socioeconomic Development from the Eighth to the Second Millennium B.C. — K. Kh. Kushnareva (1997)
Locator: Relevant regional chapters or site distributions
Research description
River-valley connectivity is investigated rather than assumed; modern administrative boundaries are not projected backward.
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines search frame
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)Source linked to entity record geo_srsc1_eastern_georgia_kura.
Locator: Relevant regional chapters or site distributions - supports · defines search frame
The Southern Caucasus in Prehistory: Stages of Cultural and Socioeconomic Development from the Eighth to the Second Millennium B.C. — K. Kh. Kushnareva (1997)Source linked to entity record geo_srsc1_eastern_georgia_kura.
Locator: Relevant regional chapters or site distributions