TY - JOUR
T1 - The recent contribution of scientific techniques to the study of Nokalakevi in Samegrelo, Georgia
AU - Everill, Paul
AU - Murgulia, Nikoloz
AU - Lomitashvili, Davit
AU - Colvin, Ian
AU - Lortkipanidze, Besik
AU - Schwenninger, Jean-Luc
AU - Cook, Gordon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Institute at Ankara.
Funding Information:
The scientific analyses reported in this paper were only possible thanks to financial support received from the University of Winchester. The Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi is also extremely grateful to the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia for its significant and ongoing support. We wish to acknowledge gratefully the important contribution made to our understanding of the site by those specialists who came
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Institute at Ankara.
PY - 2021/5/7
Y1 - 2021/5/7
N2 - The site of Nokalakevi, in western Georgia, has seen significant excavation since 1973, including, since 2001, a collaborative Anglo-Georgian project. However, the interpretation of the site has largely rested on architectural analysis of standing remains and the relative dating of deposits based on the study of ceramics. Since 2013, the Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi has collected a diverse dataset derived from multiple scientific techniques including optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of ceramics, radiocarbon dating, δ13C and δ15N analysis and 87Sr/86Sr analysis. The full results of these analyses are reported here for the first time along with implications for the interpretation of the archaeology, which include greater detail in the site chronology but also indicators of diet and migration.
AB - The site of Nokalakevi, in western Georgia, has seen significant excavation since 1973, including, since 2001, a collaborative Anglo-Georgian project. However, the interpretation of the site has largely rested on architectural analysis of standing remains and the relative dating of deposits based on the study of ceramics. Since 2013, the Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi has collected a diverse dataset derived from multiple scientific techniques including optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of ceramics, radiocarbon dating, δ13C and δ15N analysis and 87Sr/86Sr analysis. The full results of these analyses are reported here for the first time along with implications for the interpretation of the archaeology, which include greater detail in the site chronology but also indicators of diet and migration.
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U2 - 10.1017/S006615462100003X
DO - 10.1017/S006615462100003X
M3 - Article
VL - 71
SP - 29
EP - 45
JO - Anatolian Studies
JF - Anatolian Studies
SN - 0066-1546
ER -