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In the present book the author considers some issues related to Iberia-Colchology, studying history and archaelogy of Georgia. The book accumulates scientific essays published in the past and also written lately. The book is designated for the specialists and also for the readers concerned with history and archaelogy of Georgia (in Caucasus). In this book there are artistic reconstructions from written sources and archaelogical data. THE AUTHOR, GELA GAMKRELIDZE is Doctor of historical sciences, Prof., Leading scientist of the Centre of Archaeology of Georgian National Museum. He is the editor of the Journal Iberia-Colchis (Researches of Georgia in the Classical period). He was born in Tbilisi in 7.01.1951. In 1973 he graduated Tbilisi state university. In 1979 he defended Ph.D. thesis and in 1990 DHS dissertation. He participated in Vani, Mtisdziri, Poti, Namakhvami, Vale and other archeological expeditions. In 1979 he explored terms of Mtisdziri settlement. He has discovered the settlement near city Poti-Phasis. He has been studying issues related to the history and archeology of the Georgian Classical period and early middle ages. In particular, relationship of Iberia and Colchis with Greek, Roman and Iranian world; typological classification and topographical archeology of settlements; influence of bio-geo environment on the process of historical development of community in Georgia; the military history of Iberia-Colchis (armament and fortification). He has published books and scientific essays dedicated to the above-mentioned problems. He is an authority on the history and archaeology of Georgian Classical period and early middle ages.
CONTENTS
The archaeology in Georgia — The land of Colchis and the city of Phasis — On the Evolution the Colchian Amporae (the 4th c. BC to the 3rd cent. AD) — Colchian Amphora With Stamp from Poti-Phasis — Two silver rhytons from west Georgia-Colchis (Mtisdziri and Gomi) — About the military-political situation in Iberia-Colchis (Georgia) in the 4th cent. BC – 2nd cent. AD — Sinopean and Colchian amphoras with Greek Graffiti in the context of the town of Phasis — Stamps of Roman military units and political situation in the Colchis and Iberia — Hydroarchaeology in the Colchian littoral — About Petroleum transportation in Phasis and The "Medea's Oil" according to the archaelogical data — A version of protojews in Georgia — Zur Identifikation Der Kolcherin Medea Auf Einem Stelenrelief Von Suchumi — The process of globalistic Romanization and Iberia-Colchis — Scheme of a model of the historical development of society — On the Influence of Bio-Geo-Environment and External Factor on the process of the Colchis history development — Problems and prospects of Georgia's classical and early Medieval Archaelogy — Information about the topoarchaelogical dictionary of “Kartlis Tskhovreba” –List of works by Gela Gamkrelidze (1976-2010) – Abbreviations – Plates.
გამოცემაში თავმოყრილია გელა გამყრელიძის მიერ უცხოეთში გამოქვეყნებული სტატიების ნაწილი. წიგნში განხილულია იბერია-კოლხოლოგიის – საქართველოს კლასიკური და ადრემედიევისტური პერიოდის ისტორია-არქეოლოგიის საკითხები. წიგნი განკუთვნილია სპეციალისტებისათვის და საქართველოს ისტორიით დაინტერესებული უცხოელი მკითხველისათვის.