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Roman Hovsepyan

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Dr. Roman Hovsepyan (Paleobotanist, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Armenia) has been a member of Project ArAGATS since 2005. As one of the Caucasus region's leading specialist in the analysis of macrobotanical remains, Dr. Hovsepyan is examining ancient economies and subsistence practices at sites across Armenia, from the Neolithic to the Iron Age.  He is currently a PhD candidate at Armenia's Scientific Centre for Agriculture and Plant Protection and is also training in palynological analysis in Frankfurt.  His recent publications include:

Hovsepyan R.A., Gabrielyan I.G. 2002. The palaeocarpological findings from high-mountain peatbogs of the Aragats mountain (Republic of Armenia). Ecological Journal of Armenia, 2. Yerevan, pp. 17-22. (in Armenian).

Hovsepyan R.A. 2004. Archaeobotanical finds of six-rowed barley (Hordeum vulgare) from the Neolithic layers (7th-6th millennia B.C.) of the Aratashen settlement of Armenia. Flora, vegetation and plant resources of Armenia, 15, Yerevan, pp. 123-125.

Hovsepyan R.A. 2006. Preliminary analysis of archaeobotanical materials from the Early Bronze Age settlement of Tsaghkasar (Armenia). Proceedings of the I (IX) International Conference of Young Botanists in Saint-Petersburg (May 21-26, 2006), Saint-Petersburg, p. 285.