The famous Georgian archaeologist Shota Chartolani led groups of archaeological expeditions in Svaneti for decades. They not only explored many archaeological sites but also carried out permanent excavations of many of them, which were later successfully filtered into the scientific literature.

Das hethitische Bestattungsritual dauerte 13 oder 14 Tage, wobei jeden Tag andere Zeremonien stattfanden. Das königliche Bestattungsritual ist heute als šalliš waštaiš-Ritual bekannt.

In the archaeological complexes originating from the area of spread of the Central Transcaucasian culture of the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, we often come across two-toed (mostly) or three-toed, so-called "Forked" weapons, which are mainly represented in burial monuments.

Burial No 31-a yielded a diverse assemblage of grave goods, including six socket-eared axes with double-bent bodies and crescent-shaped blades, plug-socket spearheads with midribs, daggers, bronze pins with disk-shaped and conical heads, bronze pendants, and jet beads.