11th Vardzia International Young Archaeologists’ Conference Named for the archaeological pioneer Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers 31 May - 4 June 2019 Programme Institute of Archaeology Faculty of Humanities Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Archaeological Association of Georgia 31 May 1 June 09:00 10:00 Breakfast Departure from Tbilisi State University 11:00-12:00 Vardzia Architectural Complex Tour Tchavchavadze Avenue 1. 12:00-12:30 coffee break Main Building of Tbilisi State University 13:00 (Back exit of main building of University) Opening of the Conference 11:30-12:30 Greetings: Lunch Professor Vakhtang Licheli Excursion in South-Western Georgia Tbilisi State University Borjomi Museum Giorgi Sharvashidze Rector of Tbilisi State University RabaTi Castle Nunu Ovsyannikova 19:00 Head of Administration of Tbilisi State University Arrival at Vardzia Professor Michael Vickers 20:00 Oxford University Supper Jury Speakers Break 13:30 Session I 16:00 Lunch 1. David Naskidashvili /Tbilisi State University, Georgia/ “” 16:30 Session II 2. Ana Tetruashvili /Tbilisi State University, Georgia/ David Dolaberidze /Free scientist, archaeologist, Georgia/ 1. Ilaria Ottaviani /University of Innsbruck, Austria/ “Grinding Installation: Functional analysis and its practical “Stone tools from a prehistoric copper mining site in usage” the Eastern Alps” 3. Anastasia Khramtsova / Graduate School "Human 2. Zviad Sherazadishvili /Tbilisi State University, Georgia/ Development in Landscapes" Christian-Albrechts- “Origin and chronology of South Caucasus Trialeti Universität zu Kiel, Germany/ Culture Bronze Rapiers” “Kits for afterlife. The evolution of burial assemblages 3. Florian Scheidsach /University of Innsbruck, Austria/ from the Mesolithic to the Early Metal Age between the “Some remarks on the architecture of the kurgan Baltic and the Urals” graves” 4. Mateusz Krupski/ University of Wrocław, Poland/ 4. Tatia Butsuradze /Tbilisi State University, Georgia/ “Soil as a source of information. Exploring Geoarchaeological “Two groups of artefacts from Grakliani Hill” proxy data on past human activities and environmental 5. Nazli Deniz Merey/ University of Edinburgh, Uk/ conditions” “Street Shops in Asia Minor” 5. Nino Tavartkiladze /Tbilisi State University/ 6. Qurat ul Ain /Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy/ “Fetal burials from Grakliani” “The Hakra Cultural Horizon in Greater Indus Valley” 6. Monique De Pace/ University of Edinburgh, Uk/ 7. Paolo Biagi/ Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy/ “Fragile Bodies: An investigation of the survivability and „Bronze age exploration of lithic recourses comparing mortality of ancient Mesambrians through physiological stress mining in the Caucasus and the Indus Valley “ markers and dietary reconstruction” 7. Angelina Rainer /University of Innsbruck, Austria/ 20:00 Supper “Urartian cylinder seals” 2 June 14:00 Lunch 10:00 Breakfast 14:30 Session II 11:00 Session I 1. Natalia Svirkina /Institute of archaeology Russian 1. Thomas Dauth /University of Innsbruck, Austria/ Academy of Science, Russia/ “Incised and impressed pottery as expression of local traditions: “Isotopic analysis, Byzantine influence, Imereti Lowland, A case study from archaic Monte Iato (Sicily)” C4 plants” 2. Ketevan Davitashvili /Tbilisi State University, Georgia/ 2. Irakli Zukakishvili /Georgian Technical University, “The comparative analysis of the Paleoenvironment, forest Georgia/ management and agriculture of the Colchian and Terramare “Reconstruction of the Iron Age buildings and Cultures” landscape of Grakliani Hill” 3. Aimee Hanson /University of Edinburgh, UK/ 3. Mikhail Streltsov /Herzen State Pedagogical University, „Regional Variance in the Distribution of Red Lustrous Russia/ Wheel-made Ware“ “Geochemical indication of functional zones of 4. Oleg Babini /Tbilisi State University, Georgia/ archaeological monuments in the Kenozersky National Park “Counterparts of ornamentation motives of early Hittite painted (the North- Western of Russia)” pottery in South Caucasia” 4. Giga Bakradze /Tbilisi State University/ 5. Claudia Ginthart /University of Innsbruck, Austria/ “For the comparative analysis of southern Mesopotamia “Iron Age domestic architecture in Armenia: A case study and Georgia cultic traditions” from Oshakan” 5. Diana Shatrovaya / Herzen State Pedagogical University, Russia/ 6. Tamar Chogovadze /Tbilisi State university, Georgia/ “Paleoclimatic reconstruction of the living conditions of “Late Bronze-Early Iron age seals (research and the ancient man of the Upper Don basin, on the catalogue)” example of the Archaeological Monument Dobroe 9” 7. Paskal Kositz /University of Innsbruck, Austria/ 6. Kamran Asef /University of Tehran, Iran/ “Zar. An Iron Age fort in the context of Aramus” “The visual structure of legitimacy in Sassanian and 8. Sophio Paatashvili /Tbilisi State University/ Byzantine artworks” “Development of muglike vessels in Late Bronze-Early Iron 7. Walter Kuntnter, Sandra Heinsch-Kuntner /University Age (Shida kartli region)” of Innsbruck/ “A status report on the ongoing excavations at Khovle Gora” 20:00 Supper 3 June 14:00 Lunch 10:00 Breakfast 14:30 Session II 11:00 Session I 1. Suliko Kokhreidze, Boris Gelashvili /Tbilisi State 1. Jesika Armbruster / University of Innsbruck, University, Georgia/ Austria/ “3rd season of excavations on Cyprus” “Imported Greek pottery in Eastern Georgia” 2. Agnieszka Schreiber /Nicolaus Copernicus 2. Koba Koberidze /Tbilisi State University, Georgia/ University, Poland/ “The grave from Gudabertka, dated to the 3rd-4th cc. “The people will […] see the captive king”. German AD” captives in Roman triumphs” 3. Franziska Leija /University of Innsbruck, Austria/ 3. Askerkhan K. Abiev /Institute of History “Late Babylonian palace architecture as representation Archaeology and Ethnography of the Dagestan Centre of power” of the Russia/ 4. Ana Gabunia /Tbilisi State University, Georgia/ “Survey of the Muslim religious complex X-XIII “Blue glass tabloids from Nastagisi Cemetery in centuries in Derbent” Eastern Georgia” 4. Bogumiła Wolska / University of Gdańsk, Poland/ 5. Tim Penn /University of Edinburgh, UK/ “Un (non)banquet chez l'artisan – polish “Glass consumption in the Southern Caucasus during archaeological research in craftsmen district of the the Middle Ages: the case of Barda (Azerbaijan)” oppidum Bibracte” 6. Anthi Tiliakou/ Max Planck Institute for the 5. Harutyun Khudanian / Institute of History, Science of Human History & Friedrich-Schiller- National Academy of Sciences, Armenia/ Universität, Jena/ “New Archaeological Studies in Historical “To garrison or not to garrison? Living and dying in Province of Syunik” the Dariali Gorge” 6. Annegret Plonkte-Leuning /Friedrich Shiller 7. Lana Chologauri /Tbilisi State University, Georgia/ University of Jena, Germany/ “The group of Sasanian Silverware from Iberia” “Lesale Archaeological Project” 20:00 Classical music concert 4 June 10:00 Breakfast 11:00 Departure from Vardzia .