Archaeological Survey in the South Caucasus (Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia)

The Landscape Archaeology in Georgia Project (LAG) is a multi-period archaeological survey that operates within Samtskhe-Javakheti province, also known as Meskheti, in southern Georgia (Fig. 1). The region shares political borders with Turkey to the west and southwest and Armenia to the southeast. Its mountainous geography provides natural connections across these modern boundaries, linking the Kars and the Armenian highlands with southwest Georgia, each sharing a similar topography, elevatio...