Satsurblia Cave

Satsurblia Cave Natural Monument
Inside Satsurblia Cave
Map showing the location of Satsurblia Cave Natural Monument
Map showing the location of Satsurblia Cave Natural Monument
Map showing the location of Satsurblia Cave Natural Monument
Map showing the location of Satsurblia Cave Natural Monument
Nearest cityTsqaltubo
Coordinates42°23′17.2″N 42°36′22.2″E / 42.388111°N 42.606167°E / 42.388111; 42.606167
Area0.01 km2 (0.0039 sq mi)
Established2011
Governing bodyAgency of Protected Areas
Websiteსაწურბლიას მღვიმის ბუნების ძეგლი
Satsurblia Cave
Satsurblia Cave
Location in Georgia
Location in Georgia
Location in Georgia
Location in Georgia
Location in Georgia
Satsurblia Cave (Imereti)
RegionSataplia-Tskaltubo karst massif
Coordinates42°23′17.2″N 42°36′22.2″E / 42.388111°N 42.606167°E / 42.388111; 42.606167
Altitude360 m (1,181 ft)[1]
Typekarst cave
Length125 m
History
PeriodsLate Upper Paleolithic
Site notes
Excavation dates1976, 1985–88, 1989–1992, 2008–2010, 2012–2013
ArchaeologistsA. N. Kalandadze,
T. Meshveliani

Satsurblia Cave Natural Monument (Georgian: საწურბლიას მღვიმე) is a paleoanthropological site located 1.2 km from Kumistavi village, Tsqaltubo Municipality, in the Imereti region of Georgia, 287 meters above sea level.[2][3] The karst cave was first excavated in 1976 by A. N. Kalandadze.[4] In the Middle Ages the cave was used as a refuge.[5]

  1. ^ Martkoplishvili 2015.
  2. ^ Satsurblia Cave in Georgia Protected Planet
  3. ^ "Satsurblia: new insights of human response and survival across the Last Glacial Maximum in the southern Caucasus...Location of Satsurblia Cave and other key sites with Upper Palaeolithic occupation in western Georgia". VolcanoDiscovery. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  4. ^ "International Archaeological Expedition In Tskaltubo". Georgian National Museum. December 8, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  5. ^ (in Georgian) საწურბლიას მღვიმის ბუნების ძეგლი