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Introduction
In 2021 and 2024, geophysical surveys were conducted at three sites on the Ararat Plain. These two brief campaigns aimed to provide a general reconnaissance of the areas, evaluate their archaeological potential, and assess the effectiveness of magnetic and GPR measurements in the local geological substrate.
The Metsamor site (40.126°N, 44.187°E), situated within the boundaries of Taronik, is a settlement-funerary complex inhabited with varying intensity from the Chalcolithic period through to the post-Medieval period (Jakubiak et al., 2018). An Iron Age citadel, built atop a basalt inselberg, dominates the landscape. This is surrounded by a proto-urban settlement and a vast necropolis with monumental structures dating from the Middle Bronze Age to the Middle Iron Age.
Argištiḫinili (40.078°N, 44.006°E), near Nor Armavir, was one of the principal centres of the ancient Kingdom of...
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