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General Info
Site ID
Ar/Ts.250.03
Site Name
Tsaghkahovit BC 082
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Tsaghkahovit
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
433556
UTM Northing
4496745
Elevation
2,171m
Association

Ts BC 82 is located 0.28km southeast (bearing 132°) of Ts BC 79, 1.16km south of Tsaghkahovit village (map quad B4j).

Topography

The burials of Ts BC 82 are located on a low, eroded rise, an offshoot of the larger ridge that hosts Ts AR 7.

General Description

Burials within Ts BC 82 are not numerous, numbering no more than 13. They are distributed in a northwest-southeast oriented line roughly 65m long by 20m wide. The burials are primarily standard cromlechs, 2.5m in diameter. But two cobble style cromlechs were also recorded.

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

Feature 1: is a cobble style cromlech, 2m in diameter, built solely of tuff and basalt cobbles. The center of the construction is not mounded, like a kurgan, but rather appears to have been left intentionally flat, if not slightly concave.

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