Shengavit (site)

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Shengavit Settlement

Շենգավիթ բնակատեղի
Stone foundations of Shengavit Settlement.
Shown within Armenia
Alternative name	Shengavit
Location	Corner of Bagratuniats St. and Shengavit St. overlooking Yerevan Lake, Shengavit District, Yerevan,  Armenia
Region	Armenian Highlands
Coordinates	40°09′25″N 44°28′37″E / 40.156965°N 44.476862°E / 40.156965; 44.476862
Type	settlement
Area	6 ha (15 acres)
Height	Site sits approximately 30 metres (100 ft) above the Hrazdan River
History
Material	stone (foundation/lower walls), adobe brick (upper walls),
Abandoned	Last quarter of the third millennium BC
Periods	Early Bronze Age
Cultures	Kura-Araxes Culture
Site notes
Excavation dates	1936-1938, 1958-1980, 2000-2008, 2009-2010, 2012
Archaeologists	Yevgeny Bayburdyan (1936-1938), Sandro Sardaryan (1958-1980), Hakob Simonyan (2000-2008), Mitchell S. Rothman (2009-2010, 2012)
Condition	Extant foundations
Ownership	City of Yerevan, public property
Management	Shengavit Historical & Archaeological-Preserve; entry fee required (1000 AMD museum & grounds + 2000 AMD personal tour guide for RA citizens)
Public access	Yes
Website	http://www.erebuni.am/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1243&Itemid=685&lang=en
Active excavation

The Shengavit Settlement (Armenian: Շենգավիթ հնավայր, Shengavit' hənavayr) is an archaeological site in present-day Yerevan, Armenia located on a hill south-east of Yerevan Lake. It was inhabited during a series of settlement phases from approximately 3000 BC cal to 2500 BC cal in the Kura–Araxes (Shengavitian) period of the Early Bronze Age and irregularly re-used in the Middle Bronze Age until 2200 BC cal. The town occupied an area of six hectares. It appears that Shengavit was a societal center for the areas surrounding the town due to its unusual size, evidence of surplus production of grains, and metallurgy, as well as its monumental 4 meter wide stone wall. Three smaller village sites of Moukhannat Tepe, Khorumbulagh, and Tairov have been identified and were located outside the walls of Shengavit. Its pottery makes it a type site of the Kura-Araxes or Early Transcaucasian Period and the Shengavitian culture area.^[1]