This site (as explained from the area resources) discusses a segmet of about 3.43 ha, however the fortification structure circumscribe only the 0.36 ha citadel. The citadel is extremely eroded, with weathered bedrock obvious at several places. Just the leading length of the fortification structure is seen from the area, very bit can be said in connection with masonry used in their construction. The format for the walls suggests the presence of a gateway regarding northwest area of the website
The archaeological specialized at Gegharot was first identified by Martirosyan whom recorded scatters of Early Bronze years surface products, a cyclopean fortress, and a cemetery (Martirosyan 1964: 23). However, precisely the cemetery became a focus for much more intensive investigation. In 1956, Martirosyan (1964: 89-93) excavated five later part of the Bronze Age burials plus 1960, Esayan investigated three additional.
The area continues to be restored from Gegharot included extreme corpus of fragmentary ceramics indicating vocations online dating for the Early and Late bronze age periods and additionally towards the Iron 3 cycle. First test excavations executed in 2000 tape-recorded well-preserved Early and later Bronze life flooring, plus several break down symptoms that directed us to expand all of our investigations at the webpages in 2002 and 2003. In 2005 and 2006, Gegharot became the primary item associated with ArAGATS research.
Excavations at Gegharot Fortress, like those at Tsaghkahovit, happened to be initially directed toward understanding the forces driving the first introduction of socio-political difficulty while in the belated Bronze era. Using development of a large, well-preserved Early Bronze era community at webpages, the logical goals expanded to cover an examination of characteristics of Kura-Araxes payment.
The Early Bronze Age
The first Bronze years town at Gegharot appears to have been established on the summit and top terrace for the slope and later expanded on the lower american slope. The growth regarding the Kura-Araxes horizon community shows a late fourth and early third millennium job during the webpages of some timeframe, perhaps, as observed above, disturbed by a minumum of one hiatus. Nevertheless, it is clear from the stratigraphy of the site, the material assemblages, and the available radiocarbondeterminations that the Early Bronze Age village at Gegharot was occupied during two phases of the Kura-Araxes horizon: an early occupation beginning in the latter half of the fourth millennium B.C. (ca. 3500/3350-2900 B.C.) identified by an Elar-Aragats materials assemblage and a later profession from the early third millennium B.C. (ca. 2900-2700 B.C.) designated by a Karnut-Shengavit assemblage.
The first Elar-Aragats profession is the most suitable repesented within website by a two area complex uncovered from the citadel and a collective tomb uncovered on the western terrace.
The tomb was actually a square material crypt, 1.2 m longer, 1.0 m broad, and 0.95 m deep with an entrance, ordromos, 60 cm high and 50 cm wider for the southern wall structure. Inside the tomb comprise the keeps of three people. The limbs of two people was indeed forced into a pile against the northern wall structure and skulls of both happened to be found in the northwestern area. A big pan ended up being located within two skulls. The bones for the next individual was discover totally articulated on the floor with the chamber. The skeleton lay on the left side, along with its check out the eastern, dealing with the doorway south. The artifact inventory of burial included 4 porcelain vessels and 79 cylindrical and discoidal beans made from white insert.
The two space complex (T17-T18) in the citadel ended up being specifically interesting whilst provided an amazingly total in situassemblage of very early Kura-Araxes product community. Among the variety of distinct discovers through the south place for the specialized comprise carbonized seed, straightforward hearth, an individual andiron, and extensive ceramic assemblages, but also contained an individual bronze spearpoint on the ground.
The north space contained proof a quite substantial conflagration and an artifactual repertoire that included a decorated fireplace, a-deep pit slash in to the floors full of thrown away ceramics, 13 flint sickle blades however articulated inside the unique half-moon shape of three sickles, and big obsidian spearhead.
The ceramic assemblages through the T17-T18 place complex incorporated mostly red and brown products attributes from the early Kura-Araxes Elar-Aragats group. The substantial evidence of burning across the tricky suggests that this first beginning Bronze job ended up being ended by an important flames.
Because of the fast abandonment associated with the strengthening, the supply in the places is marked by an extraordinary variety of artifacts (when it comes to both content and work) regarding numerous personal methods that shaped daily life for all the early Kura-Araxes age inhabitants of Gegharot
The Late Bronze Era
Perhaps one of the most intriguing issues that presently has started pushed upon you is not just the type lately Bronze years occupations at Gegharot and Tsakahovit fortresses as well as the socio-political organizations that occupied these enigmatic buildings, but also the unusual quiet in the region that seems to have implemented the break down of Tsakahovit. Whilst destruction of Tsakahovit got definitely a watershed celebration inside the political reputation of 2nd millennium Transcaucasia, it is not clear as to the reasons the region has been therefore completely abandoned for some 700 many years until town life profits during the Achaemenid duration. At the moment we believe by knowing the character lately Bronze years lifetime at Tsakahovit and Gegharot—and the cultural, governmental and financial power that contributed to their destruction—we might come nearer to additionally knowing the causes of the region’s abandonment. The violent nature with the last realization of Tsakahovit’s Late Bronze get older profession recommends furthermore your website keeps considerable possibility to respond to crucial historic and archaeological questions in connection with increase of early polities in 2nd millennium B.C. Transcaucasia, but this holds significant potential to grasp the broader general public imagination while the charred keeps from the fortress echo a turbulent and unpleasant time for the history of the spot.
Acknowledgments:
The task of Project ArAGATS is made possible by-past and existing grants from:
The nationwide technology base The state Endowment the Humanities The Wenner-Gren base The state Geographic Society The societal technology study Council Fulbright The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann investment The Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of Armenia Cornell college Institute associated with the personal Sciences Cornell University Einaudi heart Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material scientific studies chairman’s Council of Cornell Women Purdue institution The college of Chicago Lichtstern account Stanford Archaeology Center United states investigation Institute on 
the Southern Caucasus
The generosity of buddies of task ArAGATS.
And also by the warm hospitality of the people of Tsaghkahovit Plain and Aparan area, Armenia.