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Archaeological Investigations in Armenia and the South Caucasus

Mittannian Common style cylinder seal from Gegharot fortress (ca. 1500-1350 BC)

Welcome... ...to the Home page of Project ArAGATS, the joint American-Armenian Project for the Archaeology and Geography of Ancient Transcaucasian Societies. Here you can find information on our ongoing research in Armenia, check on the progress of our analytical investigations, and learn how you can contribute to the mission of Project ArAGATS. You can also find information on upcoming educational events and ongoing plans for conserving local heritage.

Resources The ArAGATS website includes a variety of resources for project members and the public. To access the ArAGATS Tsaghkahovit Plain regional survey database, click here.  To access the excavation database go to: http://db.aragats.net/.  To access the resource library, click here.

Bone horse statuette from Tsaghkahovit lower town (ca. 600-300 BC)

Announcements  May 2010. The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a 2 year Collaborative Research Grant to Lori Khatchadourian for continued study of the Iron 3 period at Tsaghkahovit. May 2010. A National Science Foundation Senior Archaeology Grant was awarded to Adam T Smith, Ian Lindsay, and Lori Khatchadourian for 2 years of continued work on the Late Bronze Age Tsaghkahovit Plain. April 2010. Adam T. Smith was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship for 2010-11.  more news..