Tsona Cave ( ka, წონის მღვიმე) is an archaeological site at the head of the river
Qvirila in proximity of village ( ka, წონა, os, Цъон) in the
Java Municipality
Java Municipality ( ka, ჯავის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Javis municip’alit’et’i'') is a municipality of Georgia, in the region of Shida Kartli.
International status
The entire municipality is located in the ...
in
Shida Kartli in
Georgia. The site is close to the
Bouba-Kakheri pass at south of the
Caucasus range.
History
Tsona Cave was discovered by A. Kalandadze in 1958. It was excavated by Kalandadze, Tushabramishvili and later by Z. Kikodze.
The cave is located at 2100 m
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
and therefore it is one of the highest archaeological cave sites in the country. Excavations at the site revealed Lower and
Middle Paleolithic
The Middle Paleolithic (or Middle Palaeolithic) is the second subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia. The term Middle Stone Age is used as an equivalent or a synonym for the Middle Paleoli ...
archaeological remains.
[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).]
References
Caves of Georgia (country)
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Prehistoric sites in Georgia (country)