Yesterday, Moscow hosted a conference entitled “Problems of Archaeology in the Mountainous Region of the Central North Caucasus in the Early Iron Age and Early Middle Ages.”

The study of the ancient culture of the mountainous region of the North Caucasus has been ongoing for more than 150 years. Throughout this time, this aspect of Caucasian history has remained an important element in the formation of the cultural and historical paradigm of archaeology in southern Russia. Researchers are particularly interested in the turning points in the history of the North Caucasus, when contacts between the mountain dwellers and the steppe peoples were closest.

The round table was attended by employees of the State Historical Museum, the State Hermitage Museum, and the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. During the meeting, reports were presented on field studies of burial grounds and settlements in the region and research on museum collections.