Harichavank Gate — Molokan Settlement Granite Slab
Bronze Age (1500 BCE cyclopean) reused 19th Molokan·Bronze Age cyclopean → Molokan settlers 1920·🇦🇲 Shirak, Harich gate outlier, Armenia
About
About Harichavank Gate — Molokan Settlement Granite Slab
Harich cyclopean.
Why it mattersKey Bronze Age cyclopean → Molokan settlers 1920 earthwork with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1500 BCE cyclopean wall
- Period
- Bronze Age (1500 BCE cyclopean) reused 19th Molokan
- Culture
- Bronze Age cyclopean → Molokan settlers 1920
- Purpose
- Cyclopean hillfort terrace with Molokan farm ruins
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1913
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
1890 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Harichavank Gate — Molokan Settlement Granite Slab
c. 1500 BCE cyclopean wall
Initial construction / first occupation at Harichavank Gate — Molokan Settlement Granite Slab
c. 800 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Harichavank Gate — Molokan Settlement Granite Slab
On the ground
Structures & features
40.5890° N · 43.9980° E · 1655 m · 3 mapped features
Harichavank Gate — Molokan Settlement Granite Slab — Principal Rampart
rampartrampart at Harichavank Gate — Molokan Settlement Granite Slab — outlier feature
40.5882° N · 43.9971° EHarichavank Gate — Molokan Settlement Granite Slab — Northern Ditch
ditchditch at Harichavank Gate — Molokan Settlement Granite Slab — hydraulic feature
40.5877° N · 43.9978° EHarichavank Gate — Molokan Settlement Granite Slab — Entrance Annex 3
entranceentrance at Harichavank Gate — Molokan Settlement Granite Slab — outlier feature
40.5892° N · 43.9965° E