Am Ende des dritten Jts. und am Anfang des zweiten Jts. v. Chr. war im Zentralteil Südkaukasiens die mittelbronzezitliche Trialeti-Kultur verbreitet. Diese Kultur stand im Kontakt mit vorderasiatischen Hochkulturen. Beweise dafür sind einige Artefakte dieser Kultur die fremde Merkmale aufweisen. In diesem Aufsatz werden vier Artefakte beurteilt. Das sind: eine Kompositnadel mit Metallschaft und Karneolkopf, eine weiss inkrustrierte Karneolperle, ein Lapislazuli Stein und eine Ankeraxt. Kompositnadeln mit Karneolkopf sind in der Trialeti-Kultur in drei Gräbern gefunden worden. Es wird vermutet, daß sie Imitationen von in Mesopotamien seit Frühdynastischer Zeit bekannten Nadeln mit Lapislazuli Kopf sind. Die Imitationen von mesopotamischen Nadeln sind am Ende des dritten Jts. und am Anfang des zweiten Jts. v. Chr. in Vorderasien weit verbreitet. Die inkrustrierte Karneolperle ist in der Trialeti-Kultur durch ein Exemplar vertreten.

Our interest is to determine existence of so called Metallurgical Mining Settlements in the Colchis Uplands, namely nearby the Mining Sites of the South Slope of Central Caucasus (Mountainous Abkhazia, Svaneti, Upper Racha). In this case we have taken into consideration the Copper deposits and on the smaller Caucasus mountains (Guria-Achara). In the Colchis highlands where are spread mining sites, we should consider settlement of population for the end of III millennium BC. It should be connected with the pasture utilization in sub-alpine and alpine zones, due which finally they found cooper deposits and utilized them. Here we can assume as stationary also seasonal metallurgical mining settlements.

The Colchis culture treasures of late bronze-early iron are revealed nearly in 150 items (outside of Colchis are revealed 16 of such items). There had been expressed many opinions about the functions of such category monuments. But there are some issues which are less considered. This may be belonged to the following: due to the factors that the monuments of such categories very often are investigated by unprofessional during the cultivation of the lands less attention is drawn to the circumstances of treasure discovery; I think consequence from some reality may be delayed monuments buried date in depth for the end of the early bronze era; in the special literature almost isn’t covered the facts whether the bronze bars were exchanged between Colchis mountain and plain population so called early cash equivalents.

The burial sites found in the territory of modern Abkhazia – on of the most important regions of the entire Colchian culture – are rich not only tools, but with adornments as well. That has given us the opportunity to redate some burial complexes and to give them typological and chronological scale, to establish the area of spread of each type of adornment, to examine the peculiarities of local region.
In spite of the variety of burial sites and burial traditions the burial implement are almost the same not only for the territory of modern Abkhazia, but for the entire Colchis (Colchian axes, bent knifes, hoes, segment-like tools, ceramic and bronze items).