Interim report on the Polish – Georgian excavation of a Roman fort in Gonio (Apsaros) in 2014
Interim report on the Polish – Georgian excavation of a Roman fort in Gonio (Apsaros) in 2014
Author(s): Shota Mamuladze, Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski, Tamar Shalikadze, Nargiz Surmanidze, Emzar KakhidzeSubject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Architecture, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Georgia; Gonio; Apsaros; Roman army / fort / baths; glassware; mosaic glass;
Summary/Abstract: Archaeological excavations of three sections of the inner areas of the fort of Apsaros were conducted by the Gonio-Apsaros archaeological expedition of the Cultural Heritage Preservation Agency of Adjara in 2014. Remains of several buildings were unearthed in the Roman cultural levels. Artifacts from these layers reflect a Roman presence in the area from the second half of the 1st to the end of the 3rd century AD.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: XXV
- Page Range: 533-552
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English