Report on the Activities of the Second Survey Season of the Georgian-Italian Lagodekhi Archaeological Project (GILAP),
October-November 2019

Kristen Hopper (Durham University), Davit Kvavadze (Lagodekhi Museum, Regional Department of the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Youth), Elena Rova (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

Introduction


    The second survey season of the GILAP of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy) and the Lagodekhi Regional Department of the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Youth (Georgia) in cooperation with Kristen Hopper of Durham University (UK) took place from October 24th to November 8th, 2019. Field activities started on October 25th and finishedon November 7th.
    The team included prof. Elena Rova (Ca’ Foscari University, the project’s co-director), Stefania Fiori, BA and Vanessa Perissinotto, BA (MA students at Ca' Foscari), Davit Kvavadze, MA (Director of the Lagodekhi Museum, co-director of the expedition), Mrs. Eliso Kurtanidze (Lagodekhi Museum official), Giga Bakradzeand Shorena Tivadze (BA students at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University), Ekaterine Demuria, MA (Tbilisi Technical University) and Dr. Kristen Hopper (Durham University, UK, survey specialist, responsible for the Lagodekhi survey).