The Ancient Capitals in the Ararat Plain of Armenia

The Ancient Capitals in the Ararat Plain of Armenia

Veranstalter
Hayk Gyulamiryan / Achim Lichtenberger / Syuzanna Muradyan / Torben Schreiber / Mkrtich Zardaryan (Institute for Classical Archaeology and Christian Archaeology/Archaeological Museum of Münster University; Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan; Wine History Museum of Armenia (Ashtarak))
Ausrichter
Institute for Classical Archaeology and Christian Archaeology/Archaeological Museum of Münster University; Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan; Wine History Museum of Armenia (Ashtarak)
Gefördert durch
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung und Wine Museum of Armenia
PLZ
0223
Ort
Ashtarak
Land
Armenia
Findet statt
In Präsenz
Vom - Bis
18.04.2023 - 20.04.2023
Von
Achim Lichtenberger, Institut für Klassische Archäologie und Christliche Archäologie/Archäologisches Museum Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

A conference in Ashtarak, Wine History Museum of Armenia, 18.-20. April 2023

The Ancient Capitals in the Ararat Plain of Armenia

Convenors: Hayk Gyulamiryan – Achim Lichtenberger – Syuzanna Muradyan – Torben Schreiber – Mkrtich Zardaryan
Institute for Classical Archaeology and Christian Archaeology/Archaeological Museum of Münster University
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan
Wine History Museum of Armenia (Ashtarak)

Funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Wine Museum of Armenia

Programm

Tuesday, April 18, 2023
09:30 - Opening address by the organizers
09:45 - Welcome address by A. Bobokhyan (Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia)
10:00 - Welcome address by H. Gyulamiryan (Director of the Wine History Museum of Armenia)
The environmental setting (chair: A. Lichtenberger)
10:15 - Geology and Geography of the Ararat Plain – A. Avagyan, L. Sahakyan (Yerevan)
11:00 - Coffee break
11:30 - Winemaking in the Classical Period Cities of the Ararat Valley: Armavir, Artashat, Vagharshapat – R. Palaniyan (Yerevan)
12:15 - Communication network of the Ararat Plain, Armenia. Geographical, Economic, Political dimensions (1st millennium B.C. - 1st millennium A.D.) – M. H. Zardaryan (Yerevan)
13:00 - Lunch break
Capitals in the Ararat Valley I (chair: T. Schreiber)
14:00 - Royal Cities in the Ararat Valley – S. Erhardt, J. Schellig (Münster – Jerusalem)
14:45 - Armavir. From the religious center of Argishtikhinili to the capital of the Yervanduni – I. Karapetyan (Yerevan)
15:30 - Coffee break
16:00 - Yervandashat – Yervandakert. Connecting to the Past. The Orontid Capital in a Urartian Landscape – S. Muradyan (Yerevan)
16:45 - Formation of Urban Space on the Territory of Vagharshapat – L. Mkrthyan, A. Tadevosyan, A. Gnuni (Yerevan)
17:30 - Early Medieval Dvin – H. L. Petrosyan (Yerevan)
18:15 - Reception at the Museum and guided Tour through the Exhibition (H. Gyulamiryan)
19:30 - Dinner

Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Capitals in the Ararat Valley II: Artashat (chair: H. L. Petrosyan)
09:30 - The Armenian-German Artaxata Project: Investigating the Lower City of ancient Artashat – H. Gyulamiryan, A. Lichtenberger, T. Schreiber, M. H. Zardaryan (Yerevan – Münster)
10:15 - A Survey of the Palaeofauna in the Ararat Plain from Artaxata, Hill XIII – V. Becker (Copenhagen)
11:00 - Coffee break
11:30 - The Agricultural Landscape of Hellenistic Artaxata – A. Orendi (Tübingen)
12:15 - Human Remains from Artashat (Results of the preliminary Investigation) – H. Simonyan (Yerevan)
13:00 - Lunch break
14:00 - Field trip to Artaxata-Artashat

Thursday, April 20, 2023
Settlements in the Ararat Valley (chair: M. H. Zardaryan)
09:30 - Metsamor. Reconstruction of the Town Space Arrangement and its Significance – K. Jakubiak (Warsaw)
10:15 - Asia Minor Columnar Sarcophagi in the Structure of the Arsacids Residence in Garni – H. Margaryan (Yerevan)
11:00 - Coffee break
Capitals beyond the Ararat Valley (chair: M. H. Zardaryan)
11:30 - Capital Cities and Royal Residences of late Hellenistic Sophene and Commagene – M. Blömer (Münster)
12:15 - Seleukeia on the Tigris - New Considerations on the Seleukid Royal City – W. Held (Marburg)
13:00 - Lunch break
14:00 - Final Discussion

Kontakt

Achim Lichtenberger, lichtenb@uni-muenster.de

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