Eberhard Sauer is Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.

• Volume 1Acknowledgements Section A: Preliminaries1. Introduction Section B: Excavations and survey2. Late antique buildings occupied to the Late Middle Ages: life over one millennium on Dariali Fort (Trench F) 3. Towering over the northern approaches: late antique buildings, medieval food storage and modern military (Trench Q) 4. Barrier, bastion and aqueduct: sondages and surveys on and around Dariali Fort (Trenches L, X and O) 5. Extramural areas south of the fort: two-and-a-half millennia of traffic and two millennia of food production in the shadow of the rock (Trenches P and M) 6. Dariali early medieval cemetery (Trenches E, G and AB) Eberhard W. Sauer, Anthi Tiliakou, Catherine Shupe, Annamaria Diana, Elena Kranioti and Konstantin Pitskhelauri 7. The Caspian Gates? Bakht’ari fortified ridge: first line of defence and northernmost barrier (Trench Y/Phase 3) 8. Medieval Gveleti Fort: valley-blocking cliff-top bastion and royal refuge from the Mongols (Trenches C, D, N, U, V and W) 9. Elusive migration-era burials and enigmatic stone cairns: fieldwork near Gveleti Cemetery and in the Amali Valley (Trenches A, B, H, I, J, K, R, S, T, Z and AA) 10. Landscape investigations in the Dariali Pass Kristen Hopper, Dan Lawrence, Lisa Snape, Lana Chologauri, Seth M.N. Priestman,Lyudmila Shumilovskikh, Konstantin Pitskhelauri and Graham PhilipVolume 2Section C: Specialist contributions: finds, building materials, biological and environmental evidence and scientific dating11. Provisioning and supply across an ancient frontier: the late antique and medieval ceramic sequence from the Dariali Gorge in the High Caucasus Seth M.N. Priestman12. Fragment of a ceramic vessel with an ancient Georgian inscription discovered at Dariali Fort George Gagoshidze13. Vessel glass from the Dariali FortFiona Anne Mowat14. Report of chemical compositional characterisation of glass fragments excavated from Dariali Fort (Georgia) by non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis Yoshinari Abe and Ryuji Shikaku15. The small objects and other finds Lana Chologauri, Ana Gabunia, Fiona Anne Mowat, Seth M.N. Priestman, Eberhard W. Sauer and St John Simpson, with an appendix by Scott Stetkiewicz16. The sword from Grave G9 in the cemetery south of Dariali Fort: analytical and technological study and assessment Brian Gilmour17. Ceramic building materials from Dariali Fort Seth M.N. Priestman18. Mortars from Dariali Fort and nearby fortifications J. Riley Snyder and Martina Astolfi19. Human skeletal remains Anthi Tiliakou, Catherine Shupe, Elena Kranioti and Annamaria Diana20. Dariali Cemetery stable isotope analysis Catriona Pickard21. Herding and hunting in the highlands from the Sasanian to late medieval periods 22. Plant remains Lyudmila Shumilovskikh and Imogen Poole23. Archaeomagnetic studies of features excavated in Dariali Gorge Cathy M. Batt, David P. Greenwood and Tehreem Kainaat24. Luminescence dating and micromorphological assessment Lisa Snape and Ian BailiffSection D: History25. The history of the Dariali Gorge Section E: Appendices and ConclusionAppendices. Landslides, the location of the gates and imperial landscapes: notes on historical geographyI A hostile environment: landslides and their effect on settlement patterns in the Gorge II Where were the gates? A French eyewitness to the narrowness of the Gorge III Investigations of ancient canal systems in Central and Eastern Georgia ConclusionBibliography

Eberhard Sauer is Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.

• Volume 1Acknowledgements Section A: Preliminaries1. Introduction Section B: Excavations and survey2. Late antique buildings occupied to the Late Middle Ages: life over one millennium on Dariali Fort (Trench F) 3. Towering over the northern approaches: late antique buildings, medieval food storage and modern military (Trench Q) 4. Barrier, bastion and aqueduct: sondages and surveys on and around Dariali Fort (Trenches L, X and O) 5. Extramural areas south of the fort: two-and-a-half millennia of traffic and two millennia of food production in the shadow of the rock (Trenches P and M) 6. Dariali early medieval cemetery (Trenches E, G and AB) Eberhard W. Sauer, Anthi Tiliakou, Catherine Shupe, Annamaria Diana, Elena Kranioti and Konstantin Pitskhelauri 7. The Caspian Gates? Bakht’ari fortified ridge: first line of defence and northernmost barrier (Trench Y/Phase 3) 8. Medieval Gveleti Fort: valley-blocking cliff-top bastion and royal refuge from the Mongols (Trenches C, D, N, U, V and W) 9. Elusive migration-era burials and enigmatic stone cairns: fieldwork near Gveleti Cemetery and in the Amali Valley (Trenches A, B, H, I, J, K, R, S, T, Z and AA) 10. Landscape investigations in the Dariali Pass Kristen Hopper, Dan Lawrence, Lisa Snape, Lana Chologauri, Seth M.N. Priestman,Lyudmila Shumilovskikh, Konstantin Pitskhelauri and Graham PhilipVolume 2Section C: Specialist contributions: finds, building materials, biological and environmental evidence and scientific dating11. Provisioning and supply across an ancient frontier: the late antique and medieval ceramic sequence from the Dariali Gorge in the High Caucasus Seth M.N. Priestman12. Fragment of a ceramic vessel with an ancient Georgian inscription discovered at Dariali Fort George Gagoshidze13. Vessel glass from the Dariali FortFiona Anne Mowat14. Report of chemical compositional characterisation of glass fragments excavated from Dariali Fort (Georgia) by non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis Yoshinari Abe and Ryuji Shikaku15. The small objects and other finds Lana Chologauri, Ana Gabunia, Fiona Anne Mowat, Seth M.N. Priestman, Eberhard W. Sauer and St John Simpson, with an appendix by Scott Stetkiewicz16. The sword from Grave G9 in the cemetery south of Dariali Fort: analytical and technological study and assessment Brian Gilmour17. Ceramic building materials from Dariali Fort Seth M.N. Priestman18. Mortars from Dariali Fort and nearby fortifications J. Riley Snyder and Martina Astolfi19. Human skeletal remains Anthi Tiliakou, Catherine Shupe, Elena Kranioti and Annamaria Diana20. Dariali Cemetery stable isotope analysis Catriona Pickard21. Herding and hunting in the highlands from the Sasanian to late medieval periods 22. Plant remains Lyudmila Shumilovskikh and Imogen Poole23. Archaeomagnetic studies of features excavated in Dariali Gorge Cathy M. Batt, David P. Greenwood and Tehreem Kainaat24. Luminescence dating and micromorphological assessment Lisa Snape and Ian BailiffSection D: History25. The history of the Dariali Gorge Section E: Appendices and ConclusionAppendices. Landslides, the location of the gates and imperial landscapes: notes on historical geographyI A hostile environment: landslides and their effect on settlement patterns in the Gorge II Where were the gates? A French eyewitness to the narrowness of the Gorge III Investigations of ancient canal systems in Central and Eastern Georgia ConclusionBibliography

Eberhard Sauer is Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.

• Volume 1Acknowledgements Section A: Preliminaries1. Introduction Section B: Excavations and survey2. Late antique buildings occupied to the Late Middle Ages: life over one millennium on Dariali Fort (Trench F) 3. Towering over the northern approaches: late antique buildings, medieval food storage and modern military (Trench Q) 4. Barrier, bastion and aqueduct: sondages and surveys on and around Dariali Fort (Trenches L, X and O) 5. Extramural areas south of the fort: two-and-a-half millennia of traffic and two millennia of food production in the shadow of the rock (Trenches P and M) 6. Dariali early medieval cemetery (Trenches E, G and AB) Eberhard W. Sauer, Anthi Tiliakou, Catherine Shupe, Annamaria Diana, Elena Kranioti and Konstantin Pitskhelauri 7. The Caspian Gates? Bakht’ari fortified ridge: first line of defence and northernmost barrier (Trench Y/Phase 3) 8. Medieval Gveleti Fort: valley-blocking cliff-top bastion and royal refuge from the Mongols (Trenches C, D, N, U, V and W) 9. Elusive migration-era burials and enigmatic stone cairns: fieldwork near Gveleti Cemetery and in the Amali Valley (Trenches A, B, H, I, J, K, R, S, T, Z and AA) 10. Landscape investigations in the Dariali Pass Kristen Hopper, Dan Lawrence, Lisa Snape, Lana Chologauri, Seth M.N. Priestman,Lyudmila Shumilovskikh, Konstantin Pitskhelauri and Graham PhilipVolume 2Section C: Specialist contributions: finds, building materials, biological and environmental evidence and scientific dating11. Provisioning and supply across an ancient frontier: the late antique and medieval ceramic sequence from the Dariali Gorge in the High Caucasus Seth M.N. Priestman12. Fragment of a ceramic vessel with an ancient Georgian inscription discovered at Dariali Fort George Gagoshidze13. Vessel glass from the Dariali FortFiona Anne Mowat14. Report of chemical compositional characterisation of glass fragments excavated from Dariali Fort (Georgia) by non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis Yoshinari Abe and Ryuji Shikaku15. The small objects and other finds Lana Chologauri, Ana Gabunia, Fiona Anne Mowat, Seth M.N. Priestman, Eberhard W. Sauer and St John Simpson, with an appendix by Scott Stetkiewicz16. The sword from Grave G9 in the cemetery south of Dariali Fort: analytical and technological study and assessment Brian Gilmour17. Ceramic building materials from Dariali Fort Seth M.N. Priestman18. Mortars from Dariali Fort and nearby fortifications J. Riley Snyder and Martina Astolfi19. Human skeletal remains Anthi Tiliakou, Catherine Shupe, Elena Kranioti and Annamaria Diana20. Dariali Cemetery stable isotope analysis Catriona Pickard21. Herding and hunting in the highlands from the Sasanian to late medieval periods 22. Plant remains Lyudmila Shumilovskikh and Imogen Poole23. Archaeomagnetic studies of features excavated in Dariali Gorge Cathy M. Batt, David P. Greenwood and Tehreem Kainaat24. Luminescence dating and micromorphological assessment Lisa Snape and Ian BailiffSection D: History25. The history of the Dariali Gorge Section E: Appendices and ConclusionAppendices. Landslides, the location of the gates and imperial landscapes: notes on historical geographyI A hostile environment: landslides and their effect on settlement patterns in the Gorge II Where were the gates? A French eyewitness to the narrowness of the Gorge III Investigations of ancient canal systems in Central and Eastern Georgia ConclusionBibliography