The interdisciplinary scientific project “Geomaterials as Ancient Time Markers: the Evolution of the Technological Skills in the Potteries of the Kazreti Ortvala Cave Archaeological Site (South Caucasus, Georgia)” has been successfully completed. The project focused on archaeometric studies of ceramic artifacts from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Medieval periods discovered at the Kazreti Ortvala Cave, as well as on determining the physicochemical composition of the clay materials used in their production.
The project was carried out in collaboration with the Institute on Membrane Technology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ITM), the Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST) at the University of Calabria, and the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BIGeA) at the University of Bologna (Italy). The project was led by Professor David Berikashvili of the University of Georgia, an archaeologist.
It is noteworthy that research on the Kazreti Ortvala Cave is ongoing. Current studies are focused on interdisciplinary investigations of zooarchaeological and prehistoric materials. Since 2018, the University of Georgia has been leading this project and actively advocating for the in-depth research and comprehensive study of this archaeological site.
