Archaeology of Armenia
Tools made from flint, obsidian, basalt and other materials from the Stone Age indicate that Neanderthals lived in present-day Armenia.
As a result, Armenia will be important in comprehending the early stages of human activities and the emergence of ancient civilizations in the Near East and beyond.
[6][7] Pavel Avetisian, the head of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography in Yerevan and the director of the Areni-1 cave excavation, announced that they found a fragment of the skirt made of reed.
[8] In Lchashen village near Lake Sevan, Armenia, researchers found artifacts of more than a dozen four and two-wheel wagons within excellent conditions.
[10] Karahunge is a megalithic collective stone circle dated between 7700 and 4000 years old and located 200 kilometers from the capital of Armenia, Yerevan.
[14] The UCLA researcher Gregory Areshhian announced the finding of the oldest known human brain, which was found through the excavation of Areni-1 cave across the border between Iran and Armenia, on January 11, 2009.
The origin of the petroglyphs of Ughtasar is at Syunik mountain in southern Armenia, all the way dating back to the Paleolithic Era (around 12,000 BCE).
The culture is characterized by “cyclopic” castles built of massive stone blocks, which are wall surrounded settlements with surface of up to 100 hectares.
Their number reached to 500 and held a culture that developed the early fertility cult, evidenced in monuments of phallic representation.
[17] From 9-7 BC on the territory of Armenia was established one of the most powerful empires of the ancient world, the Urartian, or Van Kingdom, noted for its canonized architectural principles and proportional systems of separate buildings.
The first cities with systematized layouts and landscape terra-forming features started to emerge (Erebuni, Teyshebaini, Tushpa, Argishtikhinili, etc).
[13] The group of archaeologists led by Anahit Khudaverdyan has discovered an injured woman warrior dating back to 8 to 6 century BC, the Iron Age, from Bover I site in Lori Province, Armenia.
Besides the bone parts, the group noticed strong muscle attachments, which is most likely due to military training and constantly riding horses against aggression.
During excavations at Karmir Blur, archaeologists uncovered four viceroy metal wands and various items, including weapons and jewelry.
[22] The ideas of preservation and restoration of the Armenian historical sites started to emerge at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.
(1) Firstly, before any kind of preservation and restoration, interdisciplinary cooperation should be taken, letting people doing different jobs who participate in the same work discuss to make the best decision considering different aspects.
The project is directed by Dr. Peter J. Cobb, an assistant professor at Hong Kong University, in collaboration with scholars and researchers from Armenian institutes.
Students from Hong Kong University and other institutions went to Ararat Plain to collaborate with Armenian archaeologists on-site and to gain an insight into archaeology in Armenia.
Project ArAGATS provides children in rural areas chances to experience and engage in archaeology through learning the history of their region and hands-on work such as excavating.
