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New Data on Archaeobotany of the Lake Sevan Basin

In: Iran and the Caucasus
Author: Roman Hovsepyan1
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  • 1 Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Armenian NAS, Yerevan
Online Publication Date:
12 Oct 2017
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Recent archaeobotanical investigations (2013-2015) at three sites situated in the southeastern part of the Lake Sevan basin (Sotk-2, Norabak-1 and Sotk-1 settlements, and Sotk-10 cemetery) revealed important data on plant economy, agriculture, diet, and environment of the region during the Early Bronze Age, Middle-Late Bronze Age and Mediaeval periods. These materials show that agriculture was the main direction of plant economy to gain vegetal food staple, but it was likely accompanied also by gathering of wild plants. The principal direction of agriculture at the studied region was the cultivation of cereals for all the above-mentioned periods. Correspondingly, the main source of vegetal food were cereal-based products (presumably bread, porridges, etc).

Title:
New Data on Archaeobotany of the Lake Sevan Basin
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/1573384X-20170302
Language:
English
Pages:
251–276
Keywords:
Paleoethnobotany; Lake Sevan Basin; Plant Economy; Agriculture; Cereals; Diet
In:
Iran and the Caucasus
In:
Volume 21: Issue 3
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1573-384X
Print ISSN:
1609-8498
Subjects:
Central Asia, Asian Studies, History & Culture, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Iran & Persian Studies

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