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Interim report on the Polish–Georgian excavation of a Roman fort in Gonio (Apsaros) in 2014

2016, 25, Vol. 25, Regular Issue

Gonio-Apsarus Archaeological and Architectural Sit

Gonio-Apsarus Archaeological-Architectural Museum Reserve

Gonio-Apsaros Archaeological-Architectural Museum Reserve

Batumi Shota Rustasveli State University, Rustaveli Foundation Grant Project

Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Centrum Archeologii Śródziemnomorskiej UW

University of Warsaw, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology

Batumi Archaeological Museum

Batumi Archaeological Museum

Ajara Museums – Batumi Archaeological Museum

Uniwersyte w Batumi, Georgia, Professor


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15.05.2017

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Abstract

Archaeological excavations of three sections of the inner areas of the fort of Apsaros were conducted by the Gonio-Apsaros archaeological expedition of the Cultural Heritage Preservation Agency of Adjara in 2014. Remains of several buildings were unearthed in the Roman cultural levels. Artifacts from these layers reflect a Roman presence in the area from the second half of the 1st to the end of the 3rd century AD.

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