![]() ![]() It was when the geographic medium and landscapes of the Caucasus were finally shaped as we have them today. The Paleolithic ended some 10,000-12,000 years ago to be succeeded by the Mesolithic culture ( Kotias Klde ). At that time, the eastern area of the South Caucasus appears to have been sparsely populated in contrast to the valleys of the Rioni River and Kvirila River in western Georgia. A cave at Dzudzuana has yielded the earliest known dyed flax fibers that date back to 36,000 BP. Upper Paleolithic remains have been investigated in Satsurblia, Devis Khvreli, Sakazhia, Sagvarjile, Dzudzuana, Samertskhle Klde, Gvarjilas Klde and other cave sites. These geographic features spared the Southern Caucasus from the severe climatic oscillations and allowed humans to prosper throughout much of the region for millennia. Sites of this period have been found in Shida Kartli, Imeretia, Abkhazia and other areas.īuffered by the Caucasus Mountains, and benefiting from the ameliorating effects of the Black Sea, the region appears to have served as a biogeographical refugium throughout the Pleistocene. The first uninterrupted primitive settlement on the Georgian territory dates back to the Middle Paleolithic era, more than 200,000 years ago. Acheulian open-air sites and find-spots are also known in other regions of Georgia, for example at the Javakheti Plateau where Acheulian handaxes were found at 2400 m above the sea level. Later Lower Paleolithic Acheulian sites have been discovered in the highlands of Georgia, particularly in the caves of Kudaro (1600 m above sea level), and Tsona (2100 m). The site yields the earliest unequivocal evidence for presence of early humans outside the African continent. The archaeological layer in which the human remains, hundreds of stone tools and numerous animal bones were unearthed is dated approximately 1.6-1.8 million years ago (since the underlying basalt lava bed yielded an age of approximately 1.8 million years). georgicus) at Dmanisi in southern Georgia. Humans have been living in Georgia for an extremely long time, as attested by the discoveries, in 19, of two Homo erectus skulls ( H. The Homo erectus fossils found at Dmanisi currently held in the Cantonal Museum of Geology, Switzerland. ![]()
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