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G.V. Trebeleva (Moscow), S.M. Sakania (Sukhum), A.S. Kizilov, K.A. Glazov (Sochi), G.Yu. Yurkov (Moscow) – Early Medieval Churches in the Village Chkhortol (Abkhazia)

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Abstract

One of the tasks of the joint Russian-Abkhazian Markul Archaeological Mission of the Institute of Archaeology RAS and Abkhaz Institute for Humanitarian Research ANA is to compile an Inventory of Late Antique and Medieval churches in Abkhazia. Ttwo temples in village Chkhortol (Tkvarchel District) were investigated. One of them, in the center of the village – the Church of St. George offi cially dates back to the 19th century. However, the recent study revealed a number of marks that suggest that the temple belongs to an earlier epoch or it was built on the remains of an older temple. Another church is located in the northern mountainous part of the village. It has a well-preserved north wall, which allows one to record many architectural details. According to complex data (the form of apse, the presence of complex pilasters and analysis of the solution), this temple can be tentatively attributed to traditional early medieval buildings by the period of the Abkhazian Kingdom’s formation in the 8th – 11th centuries.

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Абхазия, раннесредневековые храмы, Ткварчалский район, село Чхортол, базилики.

Galina V. Trebeleva, Institute of Archaeology Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Suram M. Sakania, Abkhaz Institute for Humanitarian Research, Academy of Sciences of Abkhazia, Sukhum, Abkhazia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Andrey S. Kizilov, Sochi Research Center Russian Academy of Sciences, Sochi, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Konstantin A. Glazov, Sochi Branch of the Russian Geographical Society, Sochi, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Gleb Yu. Yurkov, N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center of Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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