The ICRI publishes the journal of Caucasology, entitled Amirani. Articles concerning the peoples, cultures and languages of the Caucasus, from the perspective of any of the humanities or social sciences, will be considered for publication. The articles may be written in English, French, Georgian, German, Russian, or any other language accessible to a significant number of Caucasologists.
Auf der der Hochebene vom Fluss-Iori sind drei Kathakombgräber zu erforschen. Sie sind sehr beschädigt. Zwei von diesen Gräbern befanden sich nebeneinander. Ein davon war dermaßen beschädigt, dass darin außer einigen Knochenfragmenten nichts mehr zu finden ist. Im zweiten Grab wurde ein Skelett nur mit der Hornketten entdeckt.
In speech of Georgian population living in Imerkhevi there are a lot of terms connected with tradicional wooden architecture that comes from ancient Georgian language, like: zgve, baga, avazani and etc. Also, we found the terms which are used in other Georgian dialects, especially in Mountainous Acharian, in Javakhian, in Khevsurian dialects.
Very interesting rules and traditions of mourning were established in the Kists’ life. The variety of mourning texts and rituals of the Kists of Pankisi were mainly the result of syncretism of Christian and Muslim religious views, migration processes and a strong influence of the Georgian culture.
