entity · geo_srsc1_western_georgia_colchis
Western Georgia and Colchian lowlands
Also known as: Colchis, Western Georgia
Eastern Black Sea lowlands, river valleys, foothills, and ore-producing uplands used as a search frame for Colchian sequences.
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
Copper Production Landscapes of the South Caucasus — Nathaniel L. Erb-Satullo, Brian J. J. Gilmour, Nana Khakhutaishvili (2017)
Locator: Relevant regional chapters or site distributions
Research description
The frame combines environmental and archaeological search areas and is not a political map of a kingdom.
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_western_georgia_colchis.
Locator: Relevant regional chapters or site distributions - supports · defines search frame
Copper Production Landscapes of the South Caucasus — Nathaniel L. Erb-Satullo, Brian J. J. Gilmour, Nana Khakhutaishvili (2017)Source linked to entity record geo_srsc1_western_georgia_colchis.
Locator: Relevant regional chapters or site distributions