property assignment · pa_srsc1_metsamor_fortified
pa_srsc1_metsamor_fortified
Substantial fortification is documented, without assuming a kingdom.
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.
Research description
Excavation or project evidence supports a defensible elevated centre. The property does not establish a capital, fixed frontier, or centralized territorial state.
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports assignment
Excavations at Metsamor, Seasons 2013–2018 — Ashot Piliposyan, Krzysztof Jakubiak, Ruzan Mkrtchyan, Hasmik Simonyan, Mateusz Iskra, Artavazd Zaqyan (2020)Source linked to property_assignment record pa_srsc1_metsamor_fortified.
Locator: Fortification and settlement context - supports · supports assignment
Metsamor. Reconstruction of Urban Space Arrangement and Its Significance — Krzysztof Jakubiak (2025)Source linked to property_assignment record pa_srsc1_metsamor_fortified.
Locator: Fortification and settlement context
Referenced records
- Fortified highland centre · property
- Metsamor · entity