RESEARCH AT KIRC
The Center is engaged in several archaeological research projects in Georgia. Our main research partners include the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia and the Cultural Heritage Preservation Agency of Ajara.
Our key long-term projects are:
Kutaisi Archaeological Landscape Project – An interdisciplinary research initiative carried out by the Krukowski Center in collaboration with Georgian partners in the Imereti region. Since 2018, various studies have been conducted in the city of Kutaisi (Gabashvili, Dateshidze, Bagrati) and around Simoneti town.
Polish-Georgian Expedition to Gonio-Apsaros – The Krukowski Foundation supports research at the archaeological site of Gonio-Apsaros, conducted by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the Gonio Apsaros Archaeological-Architectural Museum-Reserve.
Additionally, we are co-organizers of the annual conference, Chrysomallos. Polish Archaeologists on the Black Sea and in the Caucasus, held at the University of Warsaw.
Other projects undertaken by the Center include: 3D scanning of the Bronze Age megalithic complex in Saro (Georgia) and 3D documentation and tourist adaptation of the Gvarjilas Glde cave (near Chiatura, Georgia).
Our Center is also responsible for the renovation and outfitting of the 19th-century Krukowski Science Station building in the heart of Kutaisi, a project that is currently underway and fully funded by the Polish National Foundation and the Polish Embassy in Tbilisi.