Metsamor after the 2019 season
Metsamor after the 2019 season
Author(s): Krzysztof JakubiakSubject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Architecture, Local History / Microhistory, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Early Iron Age; Urartu; settlement; grave; pottery; dwelling structures;
Summary/Abstract: The 2019 season in Metsamor confirmed the functioning of the settlement in the Urartian period. House II, discovered during the fieldwork, is the first architectural structure built at the beginning of the Early Iron Age period which, after some possible rearrangements, retained control over the Araxes valley during the Urartian kingdom. Pottery discovered there confirms that the already excavated part of the settlement was extensively used after the fall of Urartu. A pit grave dated to the 7th century BC yielded a late Urartian cylinder seal.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 2/2020
- Issue No: XXIX
- Page Range: 265-280
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English