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Site ID
Ar/Ts.275.07
Site Name
Tsaghkahovit BC 091
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Tsaghkahovit
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
434715
UTM Northing
4496321
Elevation
2,302m
Association

The center of Ts BC 91 is located 0.17km northwest (bearing 317°) of Ts Settlement 2, but it appears that the cromlechs visible within the territory of the settlement are part of this burial cluster (map quad B4k)

Topography

Set on a broad, low plateau between two small watercourses, the burials of Ts BC 91 occupy terrain scarred by recent cultivation and field clearance.

General Description

Like Ts BC 90, the burials of Ts BC 91 are widely dispersed and difficult to assess as a cluster. The burials appear to spread across an area approximately 250m north-south by 225m east-west and are broadly spaced. Within this area, 52 cromlechs, including standard, bedrock, and paved styles, are visible; however because the cluster extends across varied terrain, including areas impacted by field clearance, it is likely that a large number of burials have been either destroyed or buried. The cromlechs are largely unexceptional, employing small to medium-sized basalt blocks for tombs that range from 1.5 to 3.5m in diameter (with the exception of feature 1).

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

Feature 1: is the largest cromlech recorded in this cluster. It is 7m in diameter, a paved cromlech built primarily of medium unworked basalt blocks. Several larger shaped blocks were employed on the burial's southern perimeter, but the center of the burial was built of smaller lightly worked blocks set into a tightly fitted "pavement".

Feature 2: is a small paved cromlech on the far southern edge of the cluster, adjacent to Ts Settlement 2. It is 1.5m in diameter north-south and 2.5m east-west and is constructed of small unworked basalt blocks set in a tight, irregular outer ring surrounding a center paved with small basalt blocks.

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