ganZi qarTuli miwisa

qurebi, romlebic agreTve rkinis uZveles warmoebaze
migviTiTebs. cnobili arqeologis b. kuftinis mixedviT,
rkinis xana CvenSi dadga Zv. w. XII saukuneSi. Zv. w. XII-
XI ss samarxebSi ukve gvxvdeba rkinis iaraRi da
saWurveli, dana da satevari.
Zveli berZeni mwerlebi, fsevdo aristotele,
apolonios rodoseli mogviTxroben Zveli qarTveli
tomebis – xalibebis mier rkinis warmoebis Sesaxeb.
fsevdo-aristotele qebiT ixseniebs xalibTa rkinas da
gvamcnobs misi damzadebis araCveulebriv wess: `rkinas
adnoben mdinareebis mier motanili qviSidan, misi
ramdenime gzisgarecxvis Semdeg. gasufTavebul qviSaSi
urevdnen xalibTa qveynis erTgvar qvas da gamodnobis
Semdeg Rebuloben uJangvel rkinas~(avtorTa jgufi,
saqarTvelos arqeologia, gv. 207).
apolonios rodoselis `argonavtebis~mixedviT –
rkinis metalurgia xalibebis meurneobis mTavari dargi
yofila. ufro mogvianebiT, qsenofonte Tavis `anabasisSi~
wers: `xalibebis saarsebo saSualeba rkinis damuSavebaa~.
saqarTvelos eTnografiul masalebSic aris
Semonaxuli xaliburi rkinis miRebis wesi, saxeldobr,
rkinis madanSi `faSas~ (piroluzitis) Serevis Sedegad
maRalxarisxovani safolade rkinis damzadebisa
(saqarTvelos istoriis narkvevebi, t. I, gv. 737).
arqeologiuri aRmoCenebiT dasturdeba, rom antikuri
xanis (VI-III ss) saqarTvelos mTel rig adgilebSi
(bolnisis raioni, mcxeTa, zemo raWa, aWara da sxv.)
rkinis damamuSavebeli metalurgiuli kerebi arsebobda.
am drois qarTlSi rkinis mniSvnelovani sawarmo yofila
didi mcxeTis dasavleTiT, im ubanSi, romelsac uZveles
qarTul saistorio wyaroebSi sarkineTi ewodeboda.
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