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Site ID
Ar/Ts.105.03
Site Name
Tsaghkahovit BC 054
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Tsaghkahovit
Periodization
Middle Bronze, Late Bronze, Iron 1
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
437700
UTM Northing
4497139
Elevation
2,295m
Association

Ts BC 54 is one of a line of burial clusters (including Ts BC 53, 55-57) which mark the eastern boundary of the north Aragats necropolis, 3.10km southeast (bearing 120°) of Tsaghkahovit fortress (map quad B5j).

Topography

Ts BC 54 lies on the northern slope of a generally east-west oriented ridgeline of eroding bedrock.

General Description

This cluster includes a single kurgan (feature 1) as well as 11 small standard cromlechs (0.5-1.5m in diameter). The burials are densely packed within an area approximately 40m east-west and 25m north-south.

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

Feature 1: is the single kurgan recorded in this otherwise nondescript burial cluster. The kurgan is 9.5m in diameter and rises 0.8m above the surrounding ground surface. It is constructed of small basalt and tuff cobbles and appears to be well-preserved, showing no signs of either erosion or looting.

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