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Site ID
Ar/Ts.059.02
Site Name
Tsaghkahovit BC 035
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Tsaghkahovit
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1, Iron 3
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
436416
UTM Northing
4497971
Elevation
2,231m
Association

Ts BC 35 sits on the northwest side of the same hill on which the tower construction of Ts AR 6 was found. It is 1.57km southeast (bearing 116°) of Tsaghkahovit fortress.

Topography

This site lies on the western slope of a long north-south oriented promontory. The slope itself is relatively clear of rubble and eroded bedrock.

General Description

The cist burials in this cluster are widely dispersed on the northern edge of the site. The approximately 15 visible cists are all constructed of small basalt and tuff cobbles arranged in ovals ranging from 1.75 to 3m in maximum length. They are thus slightly larger than most other cists recorded during the survey. Nevertheless, they generally lack a clear circumferential ring of stones and are unmounded (or slightly concave) and are thus more akin to cist burials. The cromlechs in this burial are concentrated on the southern extent of the site. They consist primarily of mounded cromlechs arranged in an irregular line. The cromlechs average 5m in diameter with an elevated mound of tuff and basalt cobbles (ca. 15cm above the existing ground surface). Several burials also have large capstones in the center, around which the mound was built.

Features & Materials

No surface material.

Feature 1: is an ambivalent case that appears to be part cist and part cromlech. Constructed primarily of small tuff and basalt cobbles, there is also a perceptible ring of small tuff and basalt blocks around the perimeter. The feature is 1.75 east-west and 1.5m north-south.

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