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Site ID
Ar/Ts.501.03
Site Name
Tsaghkahovit BC 102
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Tsaghkahovit
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
435183
UTM Northing
4496567
Elevation
2,291m
Association

Ts BC 102 was discovered 0.60km northeast (bearing 45°) of Tsaghkahovit settlement 2 (map quad B4k).

Topography

This cluster of burials is set in a small basin surrounded on all sides by rock outcrops. The burials occupy both the basin and the slopes of the surrounding hills. The hill sides are highly eroded and large boulders also obscure the surface visibility.

General Description

The mounded, spiral, and standard cromlechs of Ts BC 102 extend across an area approximately 70m square. The burials are spread widely and likely amount to no more than 40 individual tombs. The spiral and standard tombs are built of medium-sized, unworked, and shaped basalt blocks. The mounded cromlechs use similar blocks to encircle piles of small tuff and basalt cobbles. Most of the burials range from 2.5 to 4.5m in diameter. On the far southern edge of the cluster is a single line of densely-packed paved cromlechs (feature 1).

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

Feature 1: is a line, or "ribbon" of cromlechs that meanders roughly east-west for 80m with an average width of 2m. The burials are all built of unworked basalt blocks but they are packed so tightly that it is quite difficult to make out individual burials.

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