entity · site_srsc1_lchashen
Lchashen
Also known as: Lchashen cemetery, Lchashen archaeological complex
A multi-period settlement and cemetery complex near Lake Sevan, important for vehicle burials, metalwork, ceramics, and Lchashen–Metsamor periodization.
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.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides site or sequence evidence
The Emergence of Chariots and Riding in the South Caucasus — M. N. Pogrebova (2003)
Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record - informs · provides site or sequence evidence
Lchashen Archaeological Site — American University of Armenia, Acopian Center for the Environment
Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record - informs · provides site or sequence evidence
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)
Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record
Research description
Rich burials demonstrate elite mortuary display and vehicle use, not a complete account of everyday society or evidence for one ethnicity.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Horse or vehicle mortuary context
Horse remains, vehicle parts, or vehicle models occur in a burial or ritual context.
Why does this record have this property?
Vehicle contexts support elite display and transport technology. Battlefield chariot warfare, regular cavalry, and linguistic identity are not inferred.
- The Emergence of Chariots and Riding in the South Caucasus
supports assignment and caveat · South Caucasian vehicle and riding evidence
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides site or sequence evidence
The Emergence of Chariots and Riding in the South Caucasus — M. N. Pogrebova (2003)Source linked to entity record site_srsc1_lchashen.
Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record - supports · provides site or sequence evidence
Lchashen Archaeological Site — American University of Armenia, Acopian Center for the EnvironmentSource linked to entity record site_srsc1_lchashen.
Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record - supports · provides site or sequence evidence
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)Source linked to entity record site_srsc1_lchashen.
Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record
Referenced records
- Armenian Highland and Lake Sevan basins · entity
- Geography assertion for site_srsc1_lchashen · geography assertion