Ketevan Tamazashvili

Ketevan Tamazashvili is a PhD Candidate and Researcher at the German Mining Museum Bochum, focusing on Mining Archaeology. She holds a Master's and BA in Archaeology from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, where her theses examined bone/antler tools from the Sakdrisi Gold Mine and zoomorphic representations on Kura-Araxes ceramics.

• Education:
  • BA in Archaeology, Tbilisi State University (2008)
  • MA in Archaeology, Tbilisi State University (2011)
  • PhD Candidate, German Mining Museum Bochum (current)

Her research spans Prehistoric Mining, Mining Tools, and Use Wear Analysis, with a focus on the Caucasus region. She has contributed to projects like "On Salt, Copper and Gold – Early Mining in Caucasia" and participated in excavations across Georgia.

Key publications include studies on Sakdrisi Gold Mine tools and monographs about prehistoric mining implements. Her work intersects with the Kura-Araxes Culture and broader Archaeology of Georgia.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Heinrich Winkelmann fellowship