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Site ID
Ar/Ts.043.02
Site Name
Tsaghkahovit BC 023
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Tsaghkahovit
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
435911
UTM Northing
4498263
Elevation
2,149m
Association

Ts BC 23 is located 0.99km southeast (bearing 114°) of Tsaghkahovit Fortress in an area dense with burial clusters, including Ts BC 16 0.14km to the west (map quad B4p).

Topography

The burials rest on a gentle slope backed by a bedrock ridge that slopes northwards to the foot of the Aragats Massif.

General Description

Ts BC 23 includes 17 cromlechs built in mounded, standard, budding, and spiral styles. Overall, the burials in this cluster are moderate in size, ranging from 4.5m to 7m in diameter. On the western edge of the cluster is a single line of well-shaped, medium-to-large basalt blocks. The construction is 0.8m thick and is visible along an 11m course.

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

Feature 1 (plate XIb): is a standard cromlech, 4.7m north-south and 6m east-west. The burial is constructed of medium and large-sized, shaped basalt blocks. The immensity of some of the stones appears to in effect raise the plane of the construction 0.5-0.65m above the modern ground surface in places.

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