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EXPERTS CALL ANCIENT SETTLEMENTS IN ARARAT VALLEY A SENSATIONAL DISCOVERY
by Karina Manukyan
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=9CB97ED0-3676-11E3-AB0F0EB7C0D21663
Wednesday, October 16, 19:21
Archaeologists are pleased with the sensational results of excavation
in Ararat Valley.
"Until now we dated the most ancient settlements in Armenia to the
first half of VI millennium BC. Now we have discovered new layers,
which demonstrate that these settlements are even older. To all
appearances, they date back to VII millennium BC", Pavel Avetisyan,
Director of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the Armenian
National Academy of Sciences, said in his interview with ArmInfo.
Ancient layers have been discovered during the excavations of Aknashen
and Masis Blur. Avetisyan thinks that it is a very important event,
because until quite recently the available data showed that Ararat
Valley was improper for settling in VII millennium BC.
"These are sensational results. We haven't thought before that would
be able to register settlements dating back to an earlier period than
the first half of VI millennium BC", he said. These data are of much
significance not only in terms of studies of the ancient history of
Armenian Highland, but also for correct understanding of the history
of formation of cultures in West Asia.
From: Baghdasarian
by Karina Manukyan
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=9CB97ED0-3676-11E3-AB0F0EB7C0D21663
Wednesday, October 16, 19:21
Archaeologists are pleased with the sensational results of excavation
in Ararat Valley.
"Until now we dated the most ancient settlements in Armenia to the
first half of VI millennium BC. Now we have discovered new layers,
which demonstrate that these settlements are even older. To all
appearances, they date back to VII millennium BC", Pavel Avetisyan,
Director of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the Armenian
National Academy of Sciences, said in his interview with ArmInfo.
Ancient layers have been discovered during the excavations of Aknashen
and Masis Blur. Avetisyan thinks that it is a very important event,
because until quite recently the available data showed that Ararat
Valley was improper for settling in VII millennium BC.
"These are sensational results. We haven't thought before that would
be able to register settlements dating back to an earlier period than
the first half of VI millennium BC", he said. These data are of much
significance not only in terms of studies of the ancient history of
Armenian Highland, but also for correct understanding of the history
of formation of cultures in West Asia.
From: Baghdasarian