event · evt_srsc1_gegharot_fortress_shrines
Late Bronze Age shrine activity within Gegharot fortress
Excavated rooms contained installations and assemblages interpreted as shrines used for divination and political ritual.
What is the evidence?
observation
Excavated rooms contained installations and assemblages interpreted as shrines used for divination and political ritual.Contexts are well excavated; functional and political interpretation remains source-attributed.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1500 BCE–1250 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: release preferred synthesis
highPreferred display range synthesized from the cited source roles. It preserves a range and does not imply every component occurred continuously or synchronously.
- supports · provides archaeological observation and interpretation
Divination and Sovereignty: The Late Bronze Age Shrines at Gegharot, Armenia — Adam T. Smith, Jeffrey F. Leon (2014)Documents the shrine contexts and sovereignty interpretation.
Locator: Rooms, assemblages, and conclusions - supports · provides site data
Gegharot — Project ArAGATSSupports chronology and setting.
Locator: Site description and Late Bronze Age phase
Interpretation and caveats
The shrine interpretation supports institutional ritual within a fortress, while the identity of rulers, worshippers, and any named polity remains unknown.
Event context
Classification
Event type: ritual and political activity
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Gegharot, Armenian Highland and Lake Sevan basins
Why it matters to the timeline
The event directly covers fortress institutions and ritual practices in the Armenian Highland.
Research notes
- Documents the shrine contexts and sovereignty interpretation. Role: provides archaeological observation and interpretation. Locator: Rooms, assemblages, and conclusions.
- Supports chronology and setting. Role: provides site data. Locator: Site description and Late Bronze Age phase.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation and interpretation
Divination and Sovereignty: The Late Bronze Age Shrines at Gegharot, Armenia — Adam T. Smith, Jeffrey F. Leon (2014)Documents the shrine contexts and sovereignty interpretation.
Locator: Rooms, assemblages, and conclusions - supports · provides site data
Gegharot — Project ArAGATSSupports chronology and setting.
Locator: Site description and Late Bronze Age phase
Referenced records
- Armenian Highland and Lake Sevan basins · entity
- Gegharot · entity