Araxes
Valley to the East
03/10/2009
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“The scarcity of pre-classical sites stands in sharp
contrast to the situation in nearby
Nakhichevan, which in some ways constitutes
the extension of the Araxes valley to the East, where Kültepe I and II, two of the largest settlements
dated respectively to the
Chalcolithic and the Bronze Age, are located.
This situation also stands in contrast with that prevailing on the Armenian side of the Araxes valley,
where dozens of Early Bronze
Age sites are attested in the valley itself
as well as in its hinterland.”
Many of the Ararat graves have been plundered by locals or buried in farmers’ fields
C. Marro and Turkish Archaeologist A. Özfirat, 2003,“Pre-classical Survey in Eastern Turkey. First preliminary Report : the
Agrı Dag (Mount
Ararat) region" , Anatolia Antiqua XI