Pavol Hnila
Biographic Data
| ID | 4435300 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pavol Hnila |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pavol |
| FAMILY NAME | Hnila |
| SIGNATURE | HNILA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Freie Universität Berlin |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-9307-5076 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Twelve Bander irrigation system of Mount Aragats, Armenia
This study examines the traditional water management systems of Mount Aragats (Armenia) through a case study of the Twelve Bander irrigation network situated on the mountain’s southern slopes. The band canals constitute a distinctive hydraulic system designed for temporary water diversion and flow regulation from high-altitude river sources. Using a multidisciplinary approach that integrates late 19th–early 20th-century archival records, ethnogra…
Open Sourcing” Workflow and Machine Learning Approaches for Attributing Obsidian Artifacts to Their Volcanic Origins
Traditionally, reliable obsidian sourcing requires expensive calibration standards and extensive geological reference collections as well as experience with statistical processing. In the South Caucasus — one of the most obsidian-rich regions on the planet — this combination of requirements has often restricted sourcing studies because few projects have geological reference collections that cover all known obsidian sources. To test an alternative…
Burial of two closely related infants under a “dragon stone” from prehistoric Armenia
“Dragon stones” are prehistoric basalt stelae carved with animal imagery found in Armenia and surrounding regions. These monuments have a complex history of use and reuse across millennia, and the original date of creation is still a matter of debate. In this article, we present a unique dragon stone context excavated at the site of Lchashen, Armenia, where a three-and-a-half-meter high basalt stela with an image of a sacrificed bovid was found a…
‘Looking for the tombs of dragons’
An interdisciplinary archaeogeochemical research on vishaps (stone stelae also known as dragon stones) has been carried out for the first time in Armenia. The survey area is situated in the neighborhood of Tirinkatar and Karmir Sar volcanoes on southern slopes of Mt. Aragats. The geochemical prospecting studies have been realised on a high mountain meadow (2850 m asl) with 12 vishaps and numerous circular stone structures known as cromlechs. Five…
Integrated Archaeo-Geophysical Survey on Volcanic Terrain
This paper addresses the challenges posed by geophysical prospection in a high-altitude volcanic landscape. \nThe case study is the site Karmir Sar, on Mount Aragats, Armenia. A major aim of the ongoing archaeological \nexplorations at Karmir Sar is to detect, map and interpret prehistoric features on site, including the extraordinary \nconcentration of megalithic monuments known as vishaps (“dragon stones”). This paper illustrates a workflow \nt…
Poppy
Ancient Greek mekon and Latin papaver refer primarily to the opium poppy ( Papaver somniferum L .), and occasionally to other plant species of the genus Papaver or plants bearing certain similarities to the Papaveraceae family.
Cultural dynamics and ceramic resource use at Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Troy, northwestern Turkey
Cultural dynamics and ceramic resource use at Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Troy, northwestern Turkey
Open Sourcing” Workflow and Machine Learning Approaches for Attributing Obsidian Artifacts to Their Volcanic Origins
Traditionally, reliable obsidian sourcing requires expensive calibration standards and extensive geological reference collections as well as experience with statistical processing. In the South Caucasus — one of the most obsidian-rich regions on the planet — this combination of requirements has often restricted sourcing studies because few projects have geological reference collections that cover all known obsidian sources. To test an alternative…
Poppy
Ancient Greek mekon and Latin papaver refer primarily to the opium poppy ( Papaver somniferum L .), and occasionally to other plant species of the genus Papaver or plants bearing certain similarities to the Papaveraceae family.
Cultural dynamics and ceramic resource use at Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Troy, northwestern Turkey
Integrated Archaeo-Geophysical Survey on Volcanic Terrain
This paper addresses the challenges posed by geophysical prospection in a high-altitude volcanic landscape. \nThe case study is the site Karmir Sar, on Mount Aragats, Armenia. A major aim of the ongoing archaeological \nexplorations at Karmir Sar is to detect, map and interpret prehistoric features on site, including the extraordinary \nconcentration of megalithic monuments known as vishaps (“dragon stones”). This paper illustrates a workflow \nt…
‘Looking for the tombs of dragons’
An interdisciplinary archaeogeochemical research on vishaps (stone stelae also known as dragon stones) has been carried out for the first time in Armenia. The survey area is situated in the neighborhood of Tirinkatar and Karmir Sar volcanoes on southern slopes of Mt. Aragats. The geochemical prospecting studies have been realised on a high mountain meadow (2850 m asl) with 12 vishaps and numerous circular stone structures known as cromlechs. Five…
Burial of two closely related infants under a “dragon stone” from prehistoric Armenia
“Dragon stones” are prehistoric basalt stelae carved with animal imagery found in Armenia and surrounding regions. These monuments have a complex history of use and reuse across millennia, and the original date of creation is still a matter of debate. In this article, we present a unique dragon stone context excavated at the site of Lchashen, Armenia, where a three-and-a-half-meter high basalt stela with an image of a sacrificed bovid was found a…
Open Sourcing” Workflow and Machine Learning Approaches for Attributing Obsidian Artifacts to Their Volcanic Origins
Traditionally, reliable obsidian sourcing requires expensive calibration standards and extensive geological reference collections as well as experience with statistical processing. In the South Caucasus — one of the most obsidian-rich regions on the planet — this combination of requirements has often restricted sourcing studies because few projects have geological reference collections that cover all known obsidian sources. To test an alternative…
The Twelve Bander irrigation system of Mount Aragats, Armenia
This study examines the traditional water management systems of Mount Aragats (Armenia) through a case study of the Twelve Bander irrigation network situated on the mountain’s southern slopes. The band canals constitute a distinctive hydraulic system designed for temporary water diversion and flow regulation from high-altitude river sources. Using a multidisciplinary approach that integrates late 19th–early 20th-century archival records, ethnogra…
Archaeology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Geology (4 works) · Volcano (3 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (2 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works) · Mount (2 works) · Prehistory (2 works) · Prospection (2 works) · Situated (2 works)