Metsamor (Armenia) unexpected burials from the beginning of the Common Era
Metsamor (Armenia) unexpected burials from the beginning of the Common Era

Author(s): Krzysztof Jakubiak, Ashot Piliposyan, Hasmik Simonyan, A. Simonyan
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Armenia; Metsamor; graves; glass; Roman artefacts; glass beads
Summary/Abstract: Metsamor archaeological site situated in the Aras valley is known as multi phases settlement. Recent years of the activity in the field brought to light remnants of the Iron Age settlement. Thanks to the Armenian-Polish team excavations it was possible to record also much later human activity. At the beginning of the Common Era the ruins of the settlement were used as a graveyard of the local community. Several graves dated on that period were unexpectedly recorded. Among the burial goods on special attention doubtlessly deserved a high quality glass objects, as well as the glass jewelry manufactured in the western parts of the Middle East.

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