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Site ID
Ar/Ts.150.01
Site Name
Tsaghkahovit BC 046
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Tsaghkahovit
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
437268
UTM Northing
4498301
Elevation
2,133m
Association

Located 0.31km east (bearing 83°) of Ts BC 41, on the same east-west oriented ridge which also hosts Ts BC 45 0.19km to the east (map quad C5a).

Topography

The burials are built on the gentle slopes and summit of a small bedrock outcrop which extends northwards from a larger east-west oriented ridge.

General Description

This cluster of burials extends across a wide area roughly 60m east-west by 25m north-south. The burials are all small standard cromlechs ranging from 1 to 3m in diameter. Most are constructed with outer rings of small shaped basalt blocks and one or two unworked basalt capstones. A unique architectural construction is also visible within the territory of the cemetery, but does not seem associated with it (see entry for Ts Corral 1).

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

Feature 1: lies at the top of the ridge. It is marked by a 9m x 6m area strewn with what look to be shaped basalt blocks. In the center of the construction is a swale surrounded by large worked basalt blocks on three sides, a shape akin to a burial cist. It is unclear exactly what this construction was. Its position within a cromlech cemetery suggests it may well have been a very large cromlech (judging from the size of the disturbed blocks).

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