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Armenia

2018 Fieldwork in Armenia

In the summer of 2018, the Open Archaeology team joined the Vayots Dzor Fortress Landscapes Project (VDFLP) of the University of Central Florida to conduct archaeological surface survey in the Yeghegis River valley of Armenia. VDFLP is directed by Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, in collaboration with Arthur Petrosyan and Boris Gasparyan of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography at the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. Open Archaeology's work was supported by the Penn Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials (CAAM) at the Penn Museum, the Penn Libraries, and Price Lab for Digital Humanities.

The goals of Open Archaeology's initial season were threefold: to gain experience conducting archaeological work in Armenia, to learn about the landscapes and ceramics of Armenia, and to field-test new digital recording methods for surface survey.

Meet the Armenia 2018 team.

To learn more about our project, please read the following blog posts:

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Archaeologists employ many techniques to survey historical landscapes, though few are as essential to a project’s success as documenting, cataloging, and sharing found material with image capturing technology. For our survey in Vayots Dzor, Armenia, we utilized a host of photographic devices and accessories that were graciously lent by the University of Pennsylvania Library to chronicle our discoveries.
For the month of June, we are working alongside colleagues from the University of Central Florida and the Armenian Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography on the Vayots Dzor Fortress Landscapes Project. This valley region boasts spectacular views and interesting architecture, which informs us about transport and defense systems that go back thousands of years. Our team is made up of archaeologists and historians as well as computer scientists.