Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE)·Kura-Araxes·🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
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About Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex in Yerevan, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Kura-Araxes. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal citadel 4 × 4 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 40.1377N 44.5191E controls access to Yerevan resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey ancient-village for Yerevan, illustrating Kura-Araxes construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Tribal capital and ritual aggregation
- 02Seasonal gathering locus
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. 3000 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE)
- Culture
- Kura-Araxes
- Purpose
- Settlement with domestic structures and ancillary ritual space
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction of Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex main structure
c. 683 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
40.1377° N · 44.5191° E · 1025 m · 3 mapped features
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex — Main Ancient-Village Feature
cairnPrimary cairn at Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex — platform mound with stratified deposits
40.1372° N · 44.5173° EShengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex — Secondary Enclosure
plazaAncillary plaza at Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
40.1375° N · 44.5203° EShengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex — Outlier Rock Art Panel
reservoirOutlier reservoir panel linked to Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex ceremonial landscape
40.1381° N · 44.5204° E