Metsamor
Dates of work: 28 August–3 October 2018
Team:
Co-Directors: Krzysztof Jakubiak, archaeologist (Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw); Ashot Piliposian (Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-Reservations NCSO)
Archaeologists: Elisabeth Bastien (freelance); Kinga Bigoraj, archaezoologist (independent researcher); Astghik Simonyan (Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-Reservations NCSO); Dan Socaciu (University of Liverpool); Marek Truszkowski (Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw); Artavazd Zaqyan (Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-Reservations NCSO)
Archaeology student trainees: Otto Bagi (Durham University); Joanna Dzik, Ewa Kwiatusińska, Zuzanna Lachowicz, Rachel McClenaghan, Jacek Mońka, Joanna Pawlik, Olga Puszkarewicz, Karolina Warecka (University of Warsaw)
Topographer: Menua Gevorgyan (Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-Reservations NCSO)
Documentalist: Deborah Gawlikowska (freelance)
Anthropologists: Hasmik Simonyan (Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-Reservations NCSO)
Restorers: Lusine Aleqsanyan, Nerses Mamikonyan, Tigran Zakyan (all Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-Reservations NCSO)
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.
Text: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 28/2
Contact
Krzysztof Jakubiak: jakubiakk(at)interia.pl