Colchian culture

It was partially succeeded by the Koban culture in Northern Caucasus and Colchian influence also spread in Shida Kartli, Meskheti, North-Eastern Anatolia.

[2] According to the professor of archaeologist Antonio Sagona: The Colchian culture main characteristics are mound and hilltop settlements with wattle-and-daub buildings, black polished and coarse pottery, and evidence of a strong metallurgical tradition.

These features continue to a certain extent into the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages, or the Ancient Colchian period.

[3]It is named after the ancient geographic region of Colchis, which covered a large area along the Black Sea coast.

Colchians are the ancestors of the modern day western Georgians, most notably Zans/Chans (ჭანები) - Megrelians and the Laz people, as well as Svans of the northern region of Svaneti in Georgia.