Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE)·Kura-Araxes·🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
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About Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace 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 platform 12 × 4 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 40.1656N 44.5105E 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
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
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
- Partially excavated
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction of Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace main structure
c. 1029 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
40.1656° N · 44.5105° E · 1034 m · 3 mapped features
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace — Main Ancient-Village Feature
moundPrimary mound at Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits
40.1651° N · 44.5100° EShengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace — Secondary Enclosure
dromosAncillary dromos at Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
40.1650° N · 44.5107° EShengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace — Outlier Rock Art Panel
structureOutlier structure panel linked to Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace ceremonial landscape
40.1652° N · 44.5098° E