Published Papers by Damjan Krsmanovic
European Journal of Archaeology, 2019
Recent ground surveys in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of southern Georgia have investigated a pr... more Recent ground surveys in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of southern Georgia have investigated a previously undocumented group of sites along a ridge overlooking the upper Kura river valley. Features and artefacts recorded at Varneti suggest long but episodic occupation from the Chalcolithic to the later medieval periods, with prominent phases in the Early to Middle Bronze Age and the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age. Varneti has the potential to contribute to understanding economic and strategic aspects of the long-term settlement pattern in the southern Caucasus, especially the interplay between lowland and highland zones. Its position in the landscape, at a transitional point between the river valley and the upland pasture (yayla), may explain its persistent use by agro-pastoral communities that operated in varied cultural situations. The survey results help us frame a series of questions regarding economic and social dynamics at a local and regional scale and the continuity and discontinuity of practice in highland environments through long timespans. -------- Des prospections de terrain récemment effectuées dans la région de Samtskhe-Javakheti dans le sud de la Géorgie se sont concentrées sur un groupe de sites jusqu’à maintenant inexploré le long d’une crête surplombant la vallée de la rivière Kura. Les sites et objets relevés à Varneti indiquent que cette zone a été occupée longtemps mais épisodiquement à partir du Chalcolithique jusqu’à la fin du Moyen Age, particulièrement à l’âge du Bronze ancien et moyen et à l’âge du Bronze final jusqu’au début de l’âge du Fer. Varneti est capable de contribuer à notre connaissance des aspects économiques et stratégiques du milieu habité sur la longue durée dans le Caucase méridional et de nous éclairer sur les rapports entre les zones de hauteurs et les terres basses. La situation de Varneti dans le paysage, à la charnière entre la vallée et les hauts pâturages (yayla) explique son occupation persistante par des communautés agropastorales vivant sous divers régimes culturels. Les résultats de nos prospections nous permettent de formuler une série de questions sur les vecteurs économiques et sociaux à l’échelle locale et régionale et de nous interroger sur la continuité ou la discontinuité des pratiques dans un milieu montagneux sur la longue durée. (Translation by Madeleine Hummler) --------- Eine neue Geländeaufnahme in der Gegend von Samtskhe-Javakheti in Südgeorgien hat eine bisher unbekannte Gruppe von Fundstellen entlang eines Hügelkamms oberhalb des Flusstals der Kura. Die Stätten und Artefakten, die wir vermessen haben, zeigen, dass Varneti sehr lang aber episodisch besiedelt war, nämlich von der Kupferzeit bis zum Spätmittelalter, mit Hauptphasen in der Früh- bis Mittelbronzezeit und in der Spätbronzezeit bis Früheisenzeit. Varneti kann uns wertvolle Hinweise über die wirtschaftliche und strategische Gestaltung der langfristigen Besiedlung im Südkaukasus geben, vor allem über die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen den Tief- und Hochlandzonen. Seine Lage in der Landschaft, zwischen dem Flusstal und den Hochweiden (yayla) erklärt vielleicht, warum dieser Bereich immer wieder von Viehzüchter- und Ackerbauergemeinschaften in verschiedenen kulturellen Umständen besiedelt wurde. Die Ergebnisse der Geländeaufnahmen helfen uns, die Fragestellungen über die wirtschaftliche und soziale Dynamik auf lokaler und regionaler Ebene zu formulieren und die Kontinuität oder Diskontinuität der Praxis über einem längeren Zeitraum im Tiefland und Hochland zu untersuchen. (Translation by Madeleine Hummler)
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Published Papers by Damjan Krsmanovic
re-occupation in the last quarter of the sixteenth century are considered. The agro-pastoral subsistence and production strategies employed by various highland communities are discussed. This investigation revealed that communities varied in their reliance upon pastoral and agricultural strategies, ranging from primarily agricultural to almost exclusively pastoral. The combined historical-archaeological analysis of this paper identifies changes and continuity in human-landscape interaction during the Late Medieval/Ottoman periods. It provides a key reference for future comparisons of highland settlement and agro-pastoral strategies during different time periods.
Presented Papers by Damjan Krsmanovic
re-occupation in the last quarter of the sixteenth century are considered. The agro-pastoral subsistence and production strategies employed by various highland communities are discussed. This investigation revealed that communities varied in their reliance upon pastoral and agricultural strategies, ranging from primarily agricultural to almost exclusively pastoral. The combined historical-archaeological analysis of this paper identifies changes and continuity in human-landscape interaction during the Late Medieval/Ottoman periods. It provides a key reference for future comparisons of highland settlement and agro-pastoral strategies during different time periods.
Naoíse Mac Sweeney (University of Leicester)
Samuel Agbamu (Kings College London)
Rosa Andújar (Kings College London)
Michael Okyere Asante (Stellembosch University)
Juliana Bastos Marques (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
Gwladys Bernard (Université Paris 8)
Chiara Bonacchi (University of Stirling)
Curtis Dozier (Vassar College)
Güneş Duru (Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi)
Barbara Goff (Reading University)
Rebecca Futo Kennedy (Denison University)
Elif Koparal (Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi)
Damjan Krsmanovic (University of Leicester)
Denise McCoskey (Miami University)
Neville Morley (University of Exeter)
Julia Müller (Technische Universität Dresden)
Jan Nelis (Université libre de Bruxelles)
Anne-Sophie Noel (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon)
Grant Parker (Stanford University)
Konstantinos Poulis (ThePressProject)
Catherine Psilakis (Université Lyon 1)
Helen Roche (University of Durham)
Elizabeth Sawyer (University of Oxford)
Netta Schramm (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Michael Scott (University of Warwick)
The excavations developed out of ground surveys completed by the Landscape Archaeology in Georgia (LAG) Project since 2013. Varneti was identified as a place of special archaeological significance where a series of adjacent sites along a high ridge overlooking the Kura River display evidence for long-term occupation spanning the Early to Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze to Iron Age and Medieval and post-Medieval periods. These phases had been identified on the basis of surface artefact scatters, standing architecture and historical information, as well as radiocarbon dating of samples from eroding cultural deposits.