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General Info
Site ID
Ar/Ts.083.01
Site Name
Tsaghkahovit BC 043
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Tsaghkahovit
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1, Iron 3
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
436994
UTM Northing
4497320
Elevation
2,270m
Association

Located 0.41km southeast (bearing 147°) of Ts BC 40 and just 0.22km northwest (bearing 310°) of Ts BC 44 (map quad B5m).

Topography

The burials are constructed on the rubble strewn southwest facing slope of a small outcrop. A small watercourse trickles through a narrow gap below the slope.

General Description

The burials in this small cluster (no more than 8 identifiable cromlechs) are primarily mounded with low piles of basalt and tuff cobbles encircled by small blocks of unworked basalt. The tombs are closely packed, covering an area less than 17m square. Most are 2-4m in diameter.

Features & Materials

Two small sherds were found on the surface, both classified as group C attributable only to the broad swath of time from the Iron 3 period through the Medieval era. Hence, while the morphology of the burials themselves suggests they date to the LB/I1, the surface remains do open the possibility that the tombs are part of a small group of cromlechs known from southern Caucasia built during the Iron 3 period.

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