Աստղիկ Բաբաջանյան
Biographic Data
| ID | 4421874 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Աստղիկ Բաբաջանյան |
| GIVEN NAMES | Աստղիկ |
| FAMILY NAME | Բաբաջանյան |
| SIGNATURE | ԲԱԲԱՋԱՆՅԱՆ Ա |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-2704-7085 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Textual Layering, Landscape Memory, and Medieval Places in Vayots Dzor, Armenia
Travel accounts provide both benefits and challenges to survey archaeologists. This article presents a case study, generated by the Vayots Dzor Silk Road Survey, which aims to reconstruct the medieval (tenth to fifteenth centuries ad ) landscape of Vayots Dzor in the Republic of Armenia, ‘excavating’ literary accounts of its landscape. Knowledge of this region in the Middle Ages is dominated by a core text written in the thirteenth century by Bis…
Medieval Settlement Excavations at Arpa, Armenia
This article focuses on the medieval Arpa settlement, situated in the Vayots Dzor region of the Republic of Armenia. The site of Arpa was a significant settlement in the Middle Ages; since the nineteenth century the site has been used as a cemetery, resulting in significant destruction to the medieval layers. This article presents the results of the 2023 season of excavations in the eastern extent of the settlement, an attempt to recover material…
The Power of Making Places
This article discusses the origins and ongoing research of the Vayots Dzor Silk Road Survey (VDSRS), a collaborative archaeological project that for the last three years has focused on the recording, research, and management of the medieval landscape in Vayots Dzor, Armenia. The VDSRS was created in a space opened by the commitment and support of the Armenian Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC), an Overseas Research Center supporting…
Everyday life on the medieval Silk Road
The contemporary term ‘Silk Road’ refers to multiple centuries of movement, exchange and mutual development that tied together the cities, towns and route networks of Eurasia. During the high and late medieval periods (12th -15th centuries AD), the routes of the ‘Silk Road’ linked cities in China to the Mediterranean, passing through Central Asia and the Caucasus. The phenomenon of the medieval Silk Road is important for historical narratives wit…
The excavations of Dashtadem fortress
In 2015, according to the agreement with Armenia’s AMAP Human Development NGO, the expedition team of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA carried out excavations in the territory of the fortress in Dashtadem village (Figure 1/1), in the Aragatsotn region. The area of the excavations is about 1000 m square including the entrance of the first defensive walls and its surrounding territory to the East and North-East (Figure 1/2). The …
Everyday life on the medieval Silk Road
The contemporary term ‘Silk Road’ refers to multiple centuries of movement, exchange and mutual development that tied together the cities, towns and route networks of Eurasia. During the high and late medieval periods (12th -15th centuries AD), the routes of the ‘Silk Road’ linked cities in China to the Mediterranean, passing through Central Asia and the Caucasus. The phenomenon of the medieval Silk Road is important for historical narratives wit…
The excavations of Dashtadem fortress
In 2015, according to the agreement with Armenia’s AMAP Human Development NGO, the expedition team of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA carried out excavations in the territory of the fortress in Dashtadem village (Figure 1/1), in the Aragatsotn region. The area of the excavations is about 1000 m square including the entrance of the first defensive walls and its surrounding territory to the East and North-East (Figure 1/2). The …
The Power of Making Places
This article discusses the origins and ongoing research of the Vayots Dzor Silk Road Survey (VDSRS), a collaborative archaeological project that for the last three years has focused on the recording, research, and management of the medieval landscape in Vayots Dzor, Armenia. The VDSRS was created in a space opened by the commitment and support of the Armenian Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC), an Overseas Research Center supporting…
Everyday life on the medieval Silk Road
The contemporary term ‘Silk Road’ refers to multiple centuries of movement, exchange and mutual development that tied together the cities, towns and route networks of Eurasia. During the high and late medieval periods (12th -15th centuries AD), the routes of the ‘Silk Road’ linked cities in China to the Mediterranean, passing through Central Asia and the Caucasus. The phenomenon of the medieval Silk Road is important for historical narratives wit…
Textual Layering, Landscape Memory, and Medieval Places in Vayots Dzor, Armenia
Travel accounts provide both benefits and challenges to survey archaeologists. This article presents a case study, generated by the Vayots Dzor Silk Road Survey, which aims to reconstruct the medieval (tenth to fifteenth centuries ad ) landscape of Vayots Dzor in the Republic of Armenia, ‘excavating’ literary accounts of its landscape. Knowledge of this region in the Middle Ages is dominated by a core text written in the thirteenth century by Bis…
Medieval Settlement Excavations at Arpa, Armenia
This article focuses on the medieval Arpa settlement, situated in the Vayots Dzor region of the Republic of Armenia. The site of Arpa was a significant settlement in the Middle Ages; since the nineteenth century the site has been used as a cemetery, resulting in significant destruction to the medieval layers. This article presents the results of the 2023 season of excavations in the eastern extent of the settlement, an attempt to recover material…
Ancient history (5 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · History (5 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (4 works) · History (4 works) · Excavation (3 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works)