Tsona Cave Explained
Tsona Cave (Georgian: წონის მღვიმე) is an archaeological site at the head of the river Qvirila in proximity of village (Georgian: წონა, os|Цъон) [1] in the Java Municipality in Shida Kartli in Georgia. The site is close to the Bouba[2] -Kakheri pass at south of the Caucasus range.[3] [4]
History
Tsona Cave was discovered by A. Kalandadze in 1958. It was excavated by Kalandadze, Tushabramishvili and later by Z. Kikodze.[5]
The cave is located at 2100 m above sea level and therefore it is one of the highest archaeological cave sites in the country. Excavations at the site revealed Lower and Middle Paleolithic archaeological remains.[6]
Notes and References
- https://www.mindat.org/feature-611364.html Tsona, Georgia
- https://www.peakfinder.org/?lat=42.4595&lng=43.6518&azi=315&zoom=5&ele=2842&name=Bouba Peakfinder
- Mgeladze, A., Moncel, M.-H., The Acheulean in the South Caucasus (Georgia): Koudaro I and Tsona lithicassemblages, Quaternary International (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.041
- Tushabramishvili, D.M., 1978. Arkheologicheskie panyatniki Tsutskhvatskogomnogoetajnogo peshernogo kompleska. Metsniereba, Tbilisi.
- Kalandadze, A. N., and Tushabramishvili, D. M. (1978). Tsonskaya peshera (Tconskaya cave).In Arkheologiya i paleogeografiya rannego paleolita Krima i Kavkaza, Moscow, pp. 96–100.
- Mgeladze, A. (2008). Premières phases de peuplement dans le Caucase: étude des assemblages lithiques des sites géorgiens de Dmanissi (Pleistocène inférieur), de Koudaro I et de Tsona (Pleistocène moyen) (Doctoral dissertation, Paris, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle).
