“Lchashen Fortress and Burial Ground”

Description

The work is devoted to the study of the materials of Lchashen, one of the famous Bronze Age sites of Armenia and the region, stored in the History Museum of Armenia (materials of H. Mnatsakanyan’s excavation, 1956-1972). The work is the first part of H. Mnatsakanyan’s catalogue of objects found during the excavations in Lchashen.
The book presents the data research of the Lchashen fortress, burial ground, and wheeled vehicles. The catalogue includes descriptions of objects found in the fortress, related to the burial ritual of the Great Tombs and belonging to the wheeled vehicles. The catalogue refers to the principles of the architecture of the fortress, the construction of the burial ground, including burial rites and methods, cultural features, the distinctiveness of the Late Bronze Age ancient society of Lchashen, and the problems of socio-ethnographic research.
The work is intended for archaeologists, historians, and those interested in the Bronze Age period of the region and inquisitive readers.

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