Thedo (Tevdore) Isakadze1 , Nikoloz Tushabramishvili2 and Prof. Dr. Paata Bukhrashvili Ilia3
1. Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Chavchavadze Avenue 1, Tbilisi, Georgia
1. PhD candidate at the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Engineering Economics, Media Technologies, and Social Sciences, Georgian Technical University. 77 Kostava Street, Tbilisi, Georgia
2. Professor, Department of Arts and Sciences, Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia),
2. Director of the Centre for Paleoenvironment Reconstruction and Archaeological Researches at Ilia State University, 3/5 Cholokashvili str Tbilisi 0162 Georgia
3. State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Visual Anthropology and Local History Cholokashvili Ave 3/5, Room E -231, Tbilisi 0162, Georgia

MLA 8
Isakadze, Thedo (Tevdore), et al. "On Ethnical Composition of Koban Archeological Culture." Int. J. Arts & Humanities, vol. 7, no. 1, Jan.-Feb. 2025, pp. 18-43, doi.org/10.46609/IJAH.2025.v07i01.002. Accessed Jan.-Feb. 2025.
APA 6
Isakadze, T., Tushabramishvili, N., & Ilia, P. (2025, January/February). On Ethnical Composition of Koban Archeological Culture. Int. J. Arts & Humanities, 7(1), 18-43. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJAH.2025.v07i01.002
Chicago
Isakadze, Thedo (Tevdore), Nikoloz Tushabramishvili, and Prof. Dr. Paata Bukhrashvili Ilia. "On Ethnical Composition of Koban Archeological Culture." Int. J. Arts & Humanities 7, no. 1 (January/February 2025), 18-43. Accessed January/February, 2025. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJAH.2025.v07i01.002.

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