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General Info
Site ID
Ar/Ts.160.05
Site Name
Tsaghkahovit Settlement 01
Site Type
Settlement
Landscape
Tsaghkahovit
Periodization
None
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
437576
UTM Northing
4498730
Elevation
2,246m
Association

This small settlement is located 2.57km east (bearing 89°) of Tsaghkahovit fortress, just 0.91km east of Ts BC 61 (map quad C5b).

Topography

The architecture which defines the perimeter of this settlement encircles a small basin between two low ridges.

General Description

It is not entirely clear that this site is in fact a settlement. It is marked by curvilinear walls around the edges of a small basin which enclose an area 250m east-west and 200m north-south. Only the tops of walls are visible from the surface. They appear to be constructed of single lines of medium-sized, worked blocks. No complete rooms are visible, however there are partially visible rectilinear features. Within the territory circumscribed by the walls are 6 standard cromlechs that are most likely extensions of Ts BC 61.

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

The associated cromlechs suggest that the settlement is not assignable to the LB/I1, but whether the cromlechs were built into a preexisting set of structures or the structures were later built around an area of cromlechs is unclear.

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