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title: View of the Caucasus Mountains in Svaneti, Georgia
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18207/view-of-the-caucasus-mountains-in-svaneti-georgia/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2023-12-01
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# View of the Caucasus Mountains in Svaneti, Georgia

_Authored by Carole Raddato_

## Image File

[![View of the Caucasus Mountains in Svaneti, Georgia](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18207.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18207.jpg)

## Image Caption

Svaneti is a historic province in the northwestern part of Georgia on the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. The region has a high content of [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) in its rocks and river alluvium, which may have been the source of gold for the artefacts found in the adjacent Colchis lowland plains, especially at Vani. The natives in Svaneti, the Svans, have been mining gold from rivers for millennia with the sheepskin technique. This technique for collecting gold may have given rise to the legend of [Jason and the Argonauts](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/425/jason--the-argonauts/) and the quest for the [Golden Fleece](https://www.worldhistory.org/Golden_Fleece/).

## Cite This Work

### APA
Raddato, C. (2023, December 01). View of the Caucasus Mountains in Svaneti, Georgia. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18207/view-of-the-caucasus-mountains-in-svaneti-georgia/>
### Chicago
Raddato, Carole. "View of the Caucasus Mountains in Svaneti, Georgia." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 01, 2023. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18207/view-of-the-caucasus-mountains-in-svaneti-georgia/>.
### MLA
Raddato, Carole. "View of the Caucasus Mountains in Svaneti, Georgia." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Dec 2023, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18207/view-of-the-caucasus-mountains-in-svaneti-georgia/>.

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