Sk BC 26 was found 0.47km east (bearing 106°) of Sk BC 24 (map quad B3c).
Like most of the clusters in the Sahakaberd quad, Sk BC 26 is set atop an extended, north-south oriented ridgeline, although 10-15 burials were also recorded on the upper western slope. The area is strewn with basalt boulders and areas of eroding natural rock. The only evidence of disturbance in the area is from the southern edge of the cluster, where a rectangular structure, 23m x 22m, lies abandoned with a pile of unused, machine-cut tuff blocks in the center.
The cromlechs in this cluster extend across an area 250m north-south by 45m east-west. They are generally discrete, although the intervening natural rock and boulders make counting them a challenge. But a fair estimate would indicate the cluster is likely composed of 50-60 individual burials, mostly standard and paved styles. On the far east side, on the edge of the ridge, is a short "ribbon" of 3 tightly packed paved cromlechs set edge to edge (feature 1). Other, longer ribbons are also visible but the dense packing also makes it more difficult to tease out distinct mortuary architecture.
One piece of Early Bronze Age pottery was recovered from the surface. But no discernibly EB features were noted.
Feature 1: is a group of 3 paved cromlechs built edge to edge in a single-file line oriented roughly north-south. Intriguingly, the burials appear to be ordered from south to north from the smallest to the largest. The southernmost burial is 1.1m in diameter; the middle burial is 1.4m; and the northernmost is 1.95m in diameter. All are built of medium-sized, unworked basalt blocks.
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