Direction:Archaeology
Position:Full Professor
Nodar Bakhtadze is the Doctor of Historical Sciences, archeologist, architecture historian. He was born in 1953. He graduated from polytechnic institute of Georgia, Department of Architecture in 1976. In 1978-1980 passed post-graduate course in art history and archaeology at Tbilisi Javakhishvily State university. In 1978-1989 he worked in Simon Janashia Georgian State museum first as a juniour scientist and then as a senior scientiist, was head of Archaeological expeditions. In 1989 he defended his candidat of archaeological scientist thesis “Rock-Cut monuments of Qvemo Qartly”. In 1986 he defended his Doctor of Historical scientist thesis “The Genesis and Paths of Development of Rock-Cut Architecture in Georgia”. In 1991-1992 worked at the ministry of culture of Georgia as the head of department of historical monuments. In 1996-2001 worked at G.Chitaia State museum of folk architekture and ethnography as a vice-director. In 1995-2005 woked at Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State pedagogical university first as an assistant professor and then as a professor. Since 2010 he is an assisiate professor at Ilia State University. In 1980-2016 Nodar Bakhtadze led numerous archeological expeditions in different regions of Georgia. Archeological research of architectural monuments from late antique and medieval periods throughout Caucasus represents priority direction of his scientific work. He authored of 5 monographs and more than 80 scientific papers.
Scientific interests / research interests
- Archaeological and art historian studies of the late antique Georgian historical Monuments;
- Archaeological and art historian studies of the late antique and Medieval Caucasus and the Near East historical Monuments;
- The history of the Medieval Georgian architecture;
- Christian Archaeology;
- Historical, achaeological and art historian studies of the Georgian, Caucasian and Near East region’s monuments of the Christian monasticism;
- Archaeological and art historian studies of the Spelestological (Rock-Cut) monuments;
- Graphical ficsation of architectural and archaeological monuments;
- Museology.
Featured publications
- The Oldest Basilicas Revealed in Nekresi Former City and Hypotheses on the Architectural Design of the First Georgian Christian Churches. Tagung «Iberien zwischen Rom und Iran von Pompeius bis Herakleios». Jena, 2017.
- Bakhtadze. Archaeological Research upon One of the Earleast Georgian Christian Basilica. Temporis Signa, IX. Fondazione Centro Italiano Di Sudio Sullalto Medievo, Spoleto, 2014. Pp. 65-73.
- N. Bakhtadze, Ceramics in Medieval Georgia (Album with Scientific Introductory letter and Annotations). Tbilisi, 2013.
- N. Bakhtadze, The Results of Archaeological Research of the Rock-Kut Monuments in Kvemo Kartli (Georgia). Swiatowit. Annual of the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw. Vol. XI (LII)/2, 2013. pp. 27-46.
- N. Bakhtadze, Archeological Findings From the Alevi All Holy Trinity Monastewry, Scientific Journal Kadmosi, 3. 2011, Ilia State University. pp. 130-176 (In Georgian, overview in English).
- N. Bakhtadze, The Genesis and Paths of Development of Rock-Cut Architecture in Georgia, Tbilisi, 2007. (Monograph, 385 p., In Georgian, overview in English).
- N. Bakhtadze, Incinerator Grave in Samshvilde Caves and Hitite Burial Ritual, Georgian Antiquities, 2, Tbilisi, 2003. pp. 7-17 (In Georgian, overview in English).
- N. Bakhtadse, Vorchristliche Georgische felsdenkmäler. Georgica, Nr. 28. Aachen, 2005, pp. 5-11.
An extensive list of publications
Current Courses |
Course Catalog |
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| Archaeological Field Practice; Museum Management; Medieval Archaeology; Georgian Historical age Archaeology 2; Archaeological Research of Speleological Monuments Bachelor’s thesis (Archaeology); Museum Management; Medieval Archaeology; Graphic Fixation of Archaeological Monuments; Field and Cameral Research of Archaeological Monuments (Practical Course); Christian Archeology |
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