Direction:in Paleoanthropology
Position:Assistant Professor
Nikoloz Tsikaridze paleoanthropologist and archaeologist, has 19-years of experience. He is a graduate with a BA in archaeology from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University; an MA from the Erasmus Mundus program (University of Ferrara and Institute of Human Paleontology of Paris); a Ph.D. graduate of the University of Florence in Earth sciences. He participated in several international conferences (Bari, Tbilisi, Perugia, etc.), has been involved in excavations at a national level (Dmanisi, Tsutskhvati, Sakazhia, Udabno, etc.) and international archaeological projects (Atapuerca, Orce, Isernia, etc.). The research team under the leadership of N. Tsikaridze completed two different projects, supported by the additional project of Ana Mgeladze and Sandrine Prat. All three projects were focused on the MP and UP, MP/UP transition, subsistence patterns of H. neanderthalensis /AMHs, paleoecology, paleogeography, geology, etc. These projects are: “Neanderthals in South Caucasus”, “Neanderthals in Western Georgia” and “Last Neanderthal and first Anatomically Modern Human settlements in Georgia”. N. Tsikaridze has led excavations in the Imereti region since 2017 in the caves of Tsutskvati complex (Bronze cave and Double cave) and at Sakazhia cave, new excavations are planned at Ortvala and Tsopi Caves; in all, more than ten archaeological expeditions and surveys were conducted under the leadership of Dr. Tsikaridze. Before becoming PI at Tsutskhvati and Sakazhia he directed some short-term campaigns and supervised different excavation areas at different sites. Since 2003 he is a permanent member of the Dmanisi research team. His Master’s thesis covers research in the Neanderthals of West Georgia and Sakazhia cave and part of his Ph.D. thesis is published in the highly ranked Journal of Human Evolution; this article concerns the biogeography and ecology of Homo erectus and its interrelationship with herbivores, carnivores, and natural resources. During the last five years, eight (five about Tsutskhvati, three about Sakhazia Cave) excavation reports were published in the reporting journal of the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation Georgia, two preliminary articles were published in The Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences and Journal Culture+, in 2020 two more articles were published recently in Journal of Human Evolution. With his team, he is preparing several new articles to be published soon. His articles are searched in Google Scholar and her citation index is 95, h-index -3.
Scientific interests / research interests
- Paleoanthropology, Stone Age Archaeology, Archaeological Theory, Paleoecology
Featured publications
Francesco Carotenuto, Nikoloz Tsikaridze, Lorenzo Rook, David Lordkipanidze, Silvana Condemi, Pasquale Raia. 2016. Venturing out safely: The biogeography of Homo erectus dispersal out of Africa. Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 95, Pages 1–12 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248416000294 ).
Nikoloz Tskvitinidze, Nikoloz Tsikaridze, Eliso Kvavadze, David Lordkipanidze. 2020. Chalcolithic Settlement at Bronze Cave, Tsutskhvati Cave Complex (Republic of Georgia, Imereti), იმერეთი. BULLETIN OF THE GEORGIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES vol. 14, no. 2 ( http://science.org.ge/bnas/vol-14-2.html).
Saverio Bartolini, Omar Cirilli, Luca Pandolfi, Raymond Bernor, Maia Bukhsianidze, David Lordkipanidze, Nikoloz Tsikaridze, Lorenzo Rook. 2022. Zoogeographic significance of Dmanisi large mammal assemblage. Journal of Human Evolution 163, 103125. Elsevier (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248421001779 ).
Ann Margvelashvili, Martha Tappen, G. Philip Rightmire, Nikoloz Tsikaridze, David Lordkipanidze. 2022. An ancient cranium from Dmanisi: Evidence for interpersonal violence, disease, and possible predation by carnivores on Early Pleistocene Homo. Journal of Human Evolution 166, 103180. Elsevier (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248422000409 )
Books
- 2023 – Nikoloz Tsikaridze. The role of the water in cultural adaptation: Collective Right to natural resources and the crisis of nature metabolization. “January, February, March” 18th Architecture Biennial of Venice. Printon a.s., Tallin, Estonia 2023. 31-67.
Articles in magazines
- 2019 – Tsikaridze, N. Neanderthals in South Caucasus. Culture Plus. 14. 44-51
An extensive list of publications
- 2016 – Francesco Carotenuto, Nikoloz Tsikaridze, Lorenzo Rook, David Lordkipanidze, Silvana Condemi, Pasquale Raia. 2016. Venturing out safely: The biogeography of Homo erectus dispersal out of Africa. Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 95, Pages 1–12.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248416000294 )
- 2018 – Tsikaridze, N., Avkopashvili, G., Kazaishvili, K., Avkopashvili, M., Ghonghadze, A., Samkharadze, Z. Green Political Analysis of Industrial Pollution in the Kvemo Kartli Region.
- 2018 – Tsikaridze, N. 2018. A Short Report of the Field Work Carried Out in the Bronze Age Cave and Double Cave at Tsutskhvati cave complex (2017). Compilation of Research Reports (CRR). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation Georgia (NACPG). Vol. 1. 327-332.
- 2019 – Avkopashvili, G., Avkopashvili, M., Avkopashvili, I., Kazaishvili, K., Tsikaridze, N. Monitoring of Cadmium Contaminated Soil in Kvemo Kartli Region (Republic of Georgia). Open Journal of Geology. Vol.9 No.3
- 2019 – Tsikaridze, N.. 2019. A Short Report of the Field Work Carried Out in the Bronze Age Cave and Double Cave at Tsutskhvati cave complex (2018). Compilation of Research Reports (CRR). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation Georgia (NACPG). Vol. 2, 418-424.
- 2019 – Tsikaridze, N. 2019 A Short Report of the Field Work Carried Out in the Sakazhia Cave. (2018). Compilation of Research Reports (CRR). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation Georgia (NACPG). Vol 2. 425-430.
- 2020 – Nikoloz Tskvitinidze, Nikoloz Tsikaridze, Eliso Kvavadze, David Lordkipanidze. 2020. Chalcolithic Settlement at Bronze Cave, Tsutskhvati Cave Complex (Republic of Georgia, Imereti). BULLETIN OF THE GEORGIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES vol. 14, no. 2 (http://science.org.ge/bnas/vol-14-2.html )
- 2020 – Tsikaridze, N. 2020. A Short Report of the Field Work Carried Out in the Bronze Age Cave and Double Cave at Tsutskhvati cave complex (2019). Compilation of Research Reports (CRR). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation Georgia (NACPG). Vol 3.
- 2020 – Tsikaridze, N. A Short Report of the Field Work Carried Out in the Sakazhia Cave. (2019). Compilation of Research Reports (CRR). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation Georgia (NACPG). Vol 3
- 2021 – Tsikaridze, N. A Short Report of the Field Work Carried Out in the Bronze Age Cave and Double Cave at Tsutskhvati cave complex (2020). Compilation of Research Reports (CRR). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation Georgia (NACPG). Vol 4. 239-246
- 2021 – Tsikaridze, N. A Short Report of the Field Work Carried Out in the Sakazhia Cave. (2020). Compilation of Research Reports (CRR). National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation Georgia (NACPG). Vol 4. 234-238
- 2022 – N. “Clean Kvirila River”. “Green Policy Public Platform” “Eco Club Chiatura” “Green Policy Scientific-Research Platform”.
- 2022 – Saverio Bartolini, Omar Cirilli, Luca Pandolfi, Raymond Bernor, Maia Bukhsianidze, David Lordkipanidze, Nikoloz Tsikaridze, Lorenzo Rook. 2022. Zoogeographic significance of Dmanisi large mammal assemblage. Journal of Human Evolution 163, 103125. Elsevier ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248421001779 ).
- 2022 – Ann Margvelashvili, Martha Tappen, G. Philip Rightmire, Nikoloz Tsikaridze, David Lordkipanidze. 2022. An ancient cranium from Dmanisi: Evidence for interpersonal violence, disease, and possible predation by carnivores on Early Pleistocene Homo. Journal of Human Evolution 166, 103180. Elsevier( https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248422000409 )
Current Courses |
Course Catalog |
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| High Technological Research of Human Evolution; Archaeology and GIS (Geographic Information System); Prehistoric humans in Georgia and 10 crucial paleoanthropological discoveries in the Caucasus; Introduction to Paleoanthropology; Advanced Paleoanthropology; Research Methods in Paleoanthropology – Advanced Paleoanthropology Prehistoric humans in Georgia and 10 crucial paleoanthropological discoveries in the Caucasus; Introduction to Paleoanthropology; Advanced Paleoanthropology; Research Methods in Paleoanthropology – Advanced Paleoanthropology |
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