Full journal articles of volume 42

Front matter of the volume 42

In the second half of the 3rd millennium BC, the appearance and establishment of early burial mounds — early kurgans — on the territory of Georgia was a highly significant event. A turning point occurred in the development of the Early Bronze Age culture, and Georgia entered the orbit of European cultures. A kurgan, or burial mound, is an artificial mound of earth and stone under which a burial is enclosed.

This article presents significant Classical-period archaeological sites discovered in Eastern Georgia. Through a general archaeological overview, we seek to gain insight into the material and spiritual culture, as well as the political and social conditions, of Kartli—or Iberia—during that era. Below, we provide a partial list of these archaeological sites, along with their identifications and chronological classifications.