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General Info
Site ID
Ar/Ma.67.01
Site Name
Mantash BC 28
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Mantash
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
427349
UTM Northing
4495108
Elevation
2,435m
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Located on the west bank of a small watercourse that descends the slope of Mt. Aragats, south-southwest of Hnaberd fortress (map quad B2d), this site is one of the easternmost burial clusters in the Mantash survey quadrant.

Topography

Unlike most burial clusters in the area, this one is sited on the slope of a gentle rise, overlooking a small stream. The watercourse appears to have flooded its banks at times and cut into the burials, causing some erosion around the eastern edge of the cluster.

General Description

The mounded cromlechs at this site are widely spaced (15-30m apart) and of moderate size.

Features & Materials

Feature 1: A moderate-sized cobble cromlech 1.9m in diameter. The burial was constructed using two rings of mounded basalt and tuff cobbles. At the center of the construction is a slight hollow and no capstone is visible.

Feature 2: A mounded cromlech 2.3m in diameter with a single visible outer ring of stones framing an earthen mound that rises only 10cm above the surrounding ground level.

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