Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Metsamor in Armenia: the sixth season of fieldwork in 2018

2019, 28, No. 2

Krzysztof Jakubiak

0000-0003-3123-7564

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology

Wydział Archeologii, Uniwersytet Warszawski

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Archaeology

University of Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Archaeology

Hasmik Simonyan

0000-0001-7763-339X

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia

Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-Reservations NCSO, Armenia

Ruzan Mkrtchyan

Yerevan State University, Department of Cultural Studies, Armenia

DOI

10.31338/uw.2083-537X.pam28.2.16

Publication date

31.12.2019

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

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archeology

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English

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Abstract

Archaeological exploration of the eastern part of the settlement in Metsamor in 2018 uncovered several rectangular structures. Most of these structures were dated to the early Iron Ages I and II. Roman-period graves were recorded in the ruins of the Iron Age settlement. An anthropological assessment of human remains from three of the burials (sex, age, cranial and postcranial measurements as well as the selected paleopathologies) is presented in the appendix.

Keywords:

Armenia,Metsamor,settlement,Iron Age period,dwelling structures,metal production,jewellery,primary burials,craniometry,osteometry,trauma,CO,dental pathologies

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