Another interesting find from the 2019 season was a seemingly quite ordinary fragment of the handle of a medium-sized pottery vessel from the 8th century BC. The fragment was found near close room S15 on the remains of a dry brick wall. In terms of shape and appearance, it is a fairly typical part of[…]
Continue readingDuring the excavations carried out in 2013-2019, the remains of three houses from the Early and Middle Iron Age, two chambers belonged of a very large structure from the Late Iron Age and five subterranean structures were uncovered. In addition, on the remains of the best-preserved houses from the Middle Iron Age, was possible to[…]
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During 5th, 6th and 7th seasons of fieldworks in Metsamor over fifty radiocarbon samples were collected from different parts of the settlement. From this amount 18 samples were dated using AMS and LSC methods of C14 analysis. Twelve samples were analysed in the Laboratory of Absolute Datings in Cracow, whereas six of them were analysed[…]
Continue readingThe Seventh field season in Metsamor was also the first one carried out within the frame of scientificg rant “ From a catastrophe to a catastrophe. Functioning of provincial Transcaucasian town and means of subsistence of its residents under the political and cultural dominance of the Kingdom of Urartu. Multidisciplinary research in the lower town[…]
Continue readingThe sixth season of the excavation in Metsamor took place between 30st of August and 01st of October 2018. The main goal of research was to explore eastern portions of the main trench, located around structures S8, S9 as well as nearby S1. In contrast to previous seasons, in 2018 no works have been done[…]
Continue readingThe fifth season of the excavation was conducted from 30th of August to 30th of September. In the settlement, the strategy of the mission aimed to dig deeper at selected portions of the site to reach the earlier phases associated with the Urartian occupation of the „lower town”. While, in the cemetery a new kurgan[…]
Continue readingThe fourth season at Metsamor was the longest in the history of the project. The fieldwork was conducted from 15th of August to 30th of September. The main aim of the season was to extend the excavated area to uncover the broader urban layout of the settlement towards the south, west and east. Moreover, after[…]
Continue readingThe third season at Metsamor started in 3rd of September 2015 and ended in 3rd of October. We extended our research area towards three directions: west, north and south-east. The main aim of the fieldwork was to unearth the area around structures S1 and S2. Moreover, the mission aimed to investigate the rectangular structure (S3)[…]
Continue readingIn 2014, during the second season of the joint Armenian-Polish archaeological mission, we decided to continue the work on the northern terrace of Mets Blur hill, where, in the previous season, we had promising results. The season lasted from the last days of September until the end of October, considerably longer than in the previous[…]
Continue readingIn 2013, during the first season of the Armenian-Polish Archaeological Mission to Metsamor the team carried out mainly reconnaissance tasks in order to attempt to reconstruct the general chronology of the site and determine the best location within the limits of the settlement for further in-depth investigation. At the beginning of October, four separate test[…]
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