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Site ID
Ar/Ge.72.02
Site Name
Gegharot BC 14
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Gegharot
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
434058
UTM Northing
4508139
Elevation
2,367m
Association

Set just above Ge BC 11, this cluster of burials is the uppermost of those located on the southwest path to Tsilkar fortress (0.17km bearing 238°) (map quad E4f).

Topography

This place is set on an elevated ridge along the upper flanks of the Pambak foothills. The topography is more gentle as the terrain begins to level off as on the final approaches the summit. Furthermore, a series of terrace constructions have served to limit erosion.

General Description

This cluster of 5-7 standard cromlech burials is set atop two (upper and lower) partially overlapping terraces. The terrace walls are built of cyclopean stone masonry, several sections of which are still preserved to heights of 1-1.5m in 2-3 courses. The granite and basalt boulders are unworked. The terrace walls are semi-circular in plan with an upper terrace 45m wide north-south and 38m wide east-west. The lower terrace was built to abut the upper terrace on the eastern arc segment and is approximately 35m wide north-south (although there is no architectural definition of the terrace's interior boundary).

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No surface materials.

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