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ALMA TO HOST A PRESENTATION ON SHENGAVIT ARCHAEOLOGICAL CULTURE PRESERVE
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11:59 03.04.2013
On April 12, the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) will
host a presentation titled Stone and Bronze Settlement in Armenia
on the 4th millennium B.C.E. Shengavit Historical and Archaeological
Culture Preserve.
The Shengavit archaeological site dating to the 4th millennium B.C.E.
was home to the "Shengavit/Kura-Arax" culture. Inhabited for 1500 -2000
years, it was part of a cultural and trade network with influences
as far away as eastern Anatolia, Mesopotamia and southern Russia.
The presenters are: Mr. Vladimir Tshagharyan - Director of the
Shengavit Historical and Archaeological Culture Preserve in Yerevan,
will discuss the importance of the excavation (in Armenian with
English translation); Dr. Mitchell Rothman - Archaeologist and Head
of the Anthropology Department, Widener University, PA - excavated
the Shengavit site for 3 seasons; Dr. Susan Pattie - Anthropologist
and Director, Armenian Museum of America, Watertown.
This event is sponsored by the Cambridge - Yerevan Sister City
Association (CYSCA) as part of the Cambridge Science Festival, in
cooperation with the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA)
and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR).
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/04/03/alma-to-host-a-presentation-on-shengavit-archaeological-culture-preserve/
11:59 03.04.2013
On April 12, the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) will
host a presentation titled Stone and Bronze Settlement in Armenia
on the 4th millennium B.C.E. Shengavit Historical and Archaeological
Culture Preserve.
The Shengavit archaeological site dating to the 4th millennium B.C.E.
was home to the "Shengavit/Kura-Arax" culture. Inhabited for 1500 -2000
years, it was part of a cultural and trade network with influences
as far away as eastern Anatolia, Mesopotamia and southern Russia.
The presenters are: Mr. Vladimir Tshagharyan - Director of the
Shengavit Historical and Archaeological Culture Preserve in Yerevan,
will discuss the importance of the excavation (in Armenian with
English translation); Dr. Mitchell Rothman - Archaeologist and Head
of the Anthropology Department, Widener University, PA - excavated
the Shengavit site for 3 seasons; Dr. Susan Pattie - Anthropologist
and Director, Armenian Museum of America, Watertown.
This event is sponsored by the Cambridge - Yerevan Sister City
Association (CYSCA) as part of the Cambridge Science Festival, in
cooperation with the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA)
and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR).