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| Dedoplis Mindori | |
|---|---|
| Native name Georgian: დედოფლის მინდორი | |
  Location of Dedoplis Mindori in Georgia | |
| Location | Kareli Municipality Shida Kartli, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 42°02′49″N 43°51′38″E / 42.046850°N 43.860486°E |
Immovable Cultural Monument of National Significance of Georgia | |
| Type | Archaeological |
| Designated | 2007 |
Dedoplis Mindori (Georgian: დედოფლის მინდორი, romanized: dedoplis mindori, literally, "the queen's meadow") is an archaeological site in Georgia's east-central region of Shida Kartli, at the confluence of eastern and western Prone, tributaries of the Kura. A multi-layer site, it has yielded some Acheulean and Mousterian stone tools, burials from the Late Bronze to the Iron ages, and several settlements and burials from the Classical Antiquity and Middle Ages. Of particular importance is a substantial complex of what once were religious buildings, dated to the 2nd–1st century BC, and inscribed on the list of the Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance.[1] The Dedoplis Mindori plain is adjoined by a group of mounds, known as Aradetis Orgora, where archaeological finds span several periods of local culture sequence, from the Chalcolithic to the Early Middle Ages.[2]
- ^ "List of Immovable Cultural Monuments" (PDF) (in Georgian). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Gamkrelidze, Gela; Mindorashvili, Davit; Bragvadze, Zurab; Kvatsadze, Marine, eds. (2013). "არადეთი [Aradeti]". ქართლის ცხოვრების ტოპოარქეოლოგიური ლექსიკონი [Topoarchaeological dictionary of Kartlis tskhovreba (The history of Georgia)] (PDF) (in Georgian). Tbilisi: Georgian National Museum. pp. 39–45. ISBN 978-9941-15-896-4.