An attempt at archeological typologization of some monuments connected with the function of transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age in the Transcaucasia Cover Image

Опыт археологической типологизации некоторых памятников связанных с функцией перехода эпохи бронзы и железа в Закавказье
An attempt at archeological typologization of some monuments connected with the function of transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age in the Transcaucasia

Author(s): Аrsen Bobohyan, A. Gnuni, G. Avetisyan, L. Mkrtchyan
Subject(s): History, Ancient World
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Armenia; Caucasus; Transcaucasia; Bronze Age; Iron Age; ritual roads; dromoi

Summary/Abstract: The archeological monuments of Armenia and the Caucasus from the Bronze and the Iron Age give huge volume of data for the study of the ritual roads phenomenon – both the real and the imitative roads. We have to add to the latter the stone rows, connecting different complexes – lanes of menhirs, a number of funeral monuments. In the article are analyzed, firstly, the roads connecting a settlement with its necropolis, secondly, the roads within the necropolis itself, thirdly, dromoi in the funeral equipments themselves, and the imitative dromoi; in the fourth place, the passageways between the separate chambers of one funeral equipment, etc. The roads leading to sanctuaries are presented in details as well. A special attention is paid to the building technics, used during the creation of those monuments.

  • Issue Year: XXV/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 316-332
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Armenian