From Archaeopolis to Onoguris: Excavations in the heart of Lazika

Paul Everill; Davit Lomitashvili; Nikoloz Murgulia; Besik Lortkipanidze; University Cambridge

From Archaeopolis to Onoguris: Excavations in the heart of Lazika

Paul Everill, Davit Lomitashvili, Nikoloz Murgulia, Besik Lortkipanidze, University Cambridge

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The ruins in the small village of Nokalakevi in Samegrelo, west Georgia, have attracted scholarly interest since the first half of the 19th century. They were first excavated in 1930, confirming their identification as the remains of the fortress of Archaeopolis mentioned in early Byzantine historical sources, and known as Tsikhegoji or ‘the triple-walled fortress’ by Georgian chroniclers. Archaeological evidence demonstrates more or less continual occupation of Nokalakevi from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC, and the renewed military importance of the site in the early Byzantine period, contemporary with the fortifications recently revealed outside the village of Khuntsi, 18km to the east.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Greeks and Romans in the Black Sea and the Importance of the Pontic Region for the Graeco-Roman World (7th century BC-5th century AD): 20 Years On (1997-2017)
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities (Constanţa – 18-22 September 2017)
Editors	Gocha Tsetskhladze, Alexandru Avram, James Hargrave
Place of Publication	Oxford
Pages	466-476
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781789697599
Publication status	Published - 20 May 2021

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Everill, P., Lomitashvili, D., Murgulia, N., Lortkipanidze, B., & Cambridge, U. (2021). From Archaeopolis to Onoguris: Excavations in the heart of Lazika. In G. Tsetskhladze, A. Avram, & J. Hargrave (Eds.), The Greeks and Romans in the Black Sea and the Importance of the Pontic Region for the Graeco-Roman World (7th century BC-5th century AD): 20 Years On (1997-2017): Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities (Constanţa – 18-22 September 2017) (pp. 466-476).

Everill, Paul ; Lomitashvili, Davit ; Murgulia, Nikoloz ; Lortkipanidze, Besik ; Cambridge, University. / From Archaeopolis to Onoguris: Excavations in the heart of Lazika. The Greeks and Romans in the Black Sea and the Importance of the Pontic Region for the Graeco-Roman World (7th century BC-5th century AD): 20 Years On (1997-2017): Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities (Constanţa – 18-22 September 2017). editor / Gocha Tsetskhladze ; Alexandru Avram ; James Hargrave. Oxford, 2021. pp. 466-476

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From Archaeopolis to Onoguris: Excavations in the heart of Lazika. / Everill, Paul; Lomitashvili, Davit; Murgulia, Nikoloz; Lortkipanidze, Besik; Cambridge, University.

The Greeks and Romans in the Black Sea and the Importance of the Pontic Region for the Graeco-Roman World (7th century BC-5th century AD): 20 Years On (1997-2017): Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities (Constanţa – 18-22 September 2017). ed. / Gocha Tsetskhladze; Alexandru Avram; James Hargrave. Oxford, 2021. p. 466-476.

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