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Site ID
Ar/Ts.028.01
Site Name
Tsaghkahovit BC 015
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Tsaghkahovit
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
435827
UTM Northing
4498513
Elevation
2,223m
Association

Located 0.84km east (bearing 100°) of Tsaghkahovit fortress, this cluster sits on the lowest reaches of the Mt. Aragats slope, just above a series of now abandoned Soviet-era buildings (map quad C4d).

Topography

The burials of Ts BC 15 are set on the lowest reaches of Mt. Aragats, on the terminal slope above the Tsaghkahovit plain. The area is strewn with eroding bedrock boulders.

General Description

This cluster of burials extends laterally east-west approximately 55m but only 10 to 15m north-south. The cluster includes 5 standard, 3 mounded, 1 budding, and 5 paved cromlechs. It is likely that the cluster includes more burials, but the eroded surroundings and bedrock boulders make confident identification difficult. The cluster appears to be divided into distinct sub-groupings.

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

Feature 1 (plate XIa): is a large paved cromlech, 9.0m north-south and 9.5m east-west. It is built of weathered basalt blocks, lightly worked to allow the paving stones to fit loosely together. Like most paved cromlechs, there is no single capstone visible from the surface. The center of the cromlech is slightly raised (ca. 0.40m) above the surrounding terrain.

Feature 2: is a moderately sized budding cromlech, 7.5m north-south and 5.5m east-west. Attached to the eastern arc of the outer ring of stones is a small rectilinear satellite chamber, 2.5m north-south by 2.6m east-west. The primary cromlech itself is paved with densely packed basalt blocks. While the outline of the secondary construction is visible from the surface, no capstone is visible.

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