This grant is to enable publication of the final report of a series of excavations of Iron Age burials within Tbilisi, the capital of the Republic of Georgia in the Caucasus. The project is jointly run with Mr. Mikhei Abramishvili, of the Georgian National Museum, who with his father, the late Rostom Abramishvili, excavated the sites in question. The sites are all anomalous compared to other Iron Age burials from the area and certain aspects of the finds and practices indicate a temporary presence of nomadic tribes (Scythians) within what is now the environs of Tbilisi.
The publication project is directed by Dr. Peter Leeming.
