Thanks are due to Prof. Davit Lordkipanidze (General Director, Georgian National Museum) and Dr. Zurab Makharadze (Director of Archaeological centre, GNM) for granting us the permission to work on the Doghlauri cemetery material, to Prof. Vazha Kiknadze, Director of the Institute of History and Ethnology Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, for granting us permission to work on the Doghauri human osteological material, and to Mr. Gabriel (Gito) Ramishvili, curator of the Kareli Local Museum, for allowing us to continue working on the material from the previous excavation seasons at the expedition house in Kareli.