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General Info
Site ID
Ar/Ma.58.01
Site Name
Mantash BC 22
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Mantash
Periodization
Late Bronze
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
421581
UTM Northing
4495443
Elevation
2,326m
Association

3.75km southeast (bearing 155°) of Mets Mantash village, this cluster is adjacent to (and a possible continuation of) Ma BC 15 (map quad B2f).

Topography

This place is located on the lower reaches of a west facing slope with a cleared field at its base.

General Description

This cluster of more than 30 kurgans and cromlechs also includes numerous bedrock outcrops and piles of cleared stone which obscure the installations. The cluster is approximately 125m north-south and 30m east-west. The burials are closely packed.

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

Feature 1: is a cobble cromlech 1.5m in diameter. It is constructed of a flat ring of basalt and tuff cobbles that surround a central capstone.

Feature 2: is a kurgan, also constructed of small basalt and tuff cobbles. The feature is 5.25m in diameter and rises less than a meter above the surrounding surface.

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