Motivation of naming of the plants in formation of the ancient toponyms and their archaeological context
The novelty and special aim of the presented interdisciplinary approach was a targeted study of ancient archaeological assemblages of Colchis at the boundary of two leading fields of the humanities - archaeology and linguistics. In a certain cases linguistic analysis of toponyms assisted in concluding in favor of its naming relationship with the peculiarities of local vegetations. We presents an attempt of - possible explanations of toponyms, based on landscape - climatic peculiarities and overall bio - environment conditions. Elucidation of all specificity of local environmental conditions might serve as substantiation for explaining the old toponyms, as in the case considered here of Nigvziani and Nigozeti. Flora evidently have a priority from many aspects and determine the mode of life of those societies who inhabited the territory where the peculiar ligneous species are distributed. In the presented case, we discuss the walnut (in Georgian "Nigozi") which is the widely distributed tree in inner Colchis from the ancient period. Here we attempt a linguistic analysis of the two particular toponyms: Nigvziani and Nigozeti and the archaeological burial sites associated with them. The outcomes of the research is the interdisciplinary research of the multi - layered linguistic analysis of the toponyms and archaeological context of the Late Bronze - Early Iron Age archaeological sites.