Figure 1.
Location of Satsurblia Cave and other key sites with Upper Palaeolithic occupation in western Georgia.
Figure 2.
Plan of Satsurblia Cave.
Figure 3.
Transverse section of Area A, west.
Figure 4.
Absolute chronology of Units A/iia, A/IIb, B/II and B/III based on calibrated radiocarbon determinations.
Figure 5.
Photomicrographs of sediment thin sections from Satsurblia.
At least three types of clay and silt aggregates were identified in the Satsurblia samples, based on color variation. Yellowish brown aggregates (A), reddish aggregates (B), and dark reddish brown aggregates (C). The color variation could indicate different sources, or, could be a result of differential heating of the aggregates in combustion features. The fine material at Satsurblia contains a high proportion of calcareous ash rhombs (D). A,B,C are from sample SAT-12–48 and photographed in plan polarized light (PPL). D is from sample 12–46 and photographed in cross polarized light (XPL).
Figure 6.
Transverse section of Area B, north.
Figure 7.
Tools from the UP layers, Satsurblia.
1–3 endscrapers; 4–6 burins; 7–8 piece esquielles.
Table 1.
Percentages of various tool types in Satsurblia, by unit.
Figure 8.
Tools from the UP layers, Satsurblia.
1–3 rectangles; 4, 6–8 microgravette varieties; 5 Gravette point.
Figure 9.
Pollen and spores, Floor 1: 1– pine (Pinus); 2– alder (Alnus); 3– hazel (Corylus); 5– not identified non-pollen paynomorph; 6– Asplenium fern; 7– Polypodiaceae (ferns).
Figure 10.
Correspondence analysis of abundances of micromammalian taxa in different stratigraphic units based on NISP data from molar teeth shown in Table S3.
Figure 11.
Faunal spectrum of identified species for UP Layers A/I, A/II (A/IIa and A/IIb).
Figure 12.
Regional pie charts of the main ungulate species in excavated UP assemblages.