Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE)·Kura-Araxes·🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
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About Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench 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 4 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 40.1575N 44.5002E 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
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
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 main structure
c. 1368 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench
1997–2021
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
40.1575° N · 44.5002° E · 1004 m · 4 mapped features
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Main Ancient-Village Feature
chamberPrimary chamber at Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — platform mound with stratified deposits
40.1583° N · 44.5011° EShengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Secondary Enclosure
cairnAncillary cairn at Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — platform mound with stratified deposits
40.1584° N · 44.5018° EShengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Outlier Rock Art Panel
plazaOutlier plaza panel linked to Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench ceremonial landscape
40.1558° N · 44.4996° EShengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Hydraulic/Cistern Annex
reservoirHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench with plastered basin
40.1557° N · 44.4993° E