Ormagi Ekhi (Georgia) and Middle Palaeolithic occupations in South Caucasus

2025/09/10 by Ana Mgeladze, Sandrine Prat, Tamar Aghapishvili +10 · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.10188

Abstract

New excavations at Ormagi Ekhi in Georgia have revealed long-term hominin occupations during the Middle Palaeolithic (260–45 ka cal BP). Here, the authors present an overview of data from multidisciplinary analyses of the site, highlighting its potential for widening our understanding of hominin occupations in the South Caucasus.

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