Tsona Cave

Tsona Cave
Tsona Cave
Location	Georgia
Coordinates	42°29′41″N 43°40′46″E
Length	100 m (330 ft)
Discovery	1958
Geology	Jurassic sandstone formations

Tsona Cave (Georgian: წონის მღვიმე) is an archaeological site at the head of the river Qvirila in proximity of village Tson (Georgian: წონა, Ossetian: 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]

References

Tsona, Georgia 42°28′06″N 43°42′55″E
Peakfinder 42°27′34″N 43°39′06″E
Mgeladze, A., Moncel, M.-H., The Acheulean in the South Caucasus (Georgia): Koudaro I and Tsona lithic assemblages, Quaternary International (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.041
Tushabramishvili, D.M., 1978. Arkheologicheskie panyatniki Tsutskhvatskogo mnogoetajnogo 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).

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[1] Tsona, Georgia 42°28′06″N 43°42′55″E

[2] Peakfinder 42°27′34″N 43°39′06″E

[3] Mgeladze, A., Moncel, M.-H., The Acheulean in the South Caucasus (Georgia): Koudaro I and Tsona lithic assemblages, Quaternary International (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.041

[4] Tushabramishvili, D.M., 1978. Arkheologicheskie panyatniki Tsutskhvatskogo mnogoetajnogo peshernogo kompleska. Metsniereba, Tbilisi.

[5] 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.

[6] 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).