R Hovsepyan
Biographic Data
| ID | 46850 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Hovsepyan |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Hovsepyan |
| SIGNATURE | HOVSEPYAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7004-1145 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 92 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
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…
Neolithic Plants From Eastern Arabia
Poor preservation of organic material at Bahra‐1 required expanding archaeobotanical analysis beyond sediments to plant impressions in pottery. The examined sediments yielded only a few biomineralized Boraginaceae seeds, whereas examination of locally made Coarse Red Ware (CRW) and imported Ubaid pottery significantly broadened the Neolithic plant dataset. Almost all CRW contained temper composed of wild plants, while plant inclusions in Ubaid po…
Origins, endings and temporal pluralities
The Kura-Araxes culture spread over a large area of South-west Asia, participating in the transformational dynamics of Early Bronze Age societies in the region. Yet, the absence of a robust chronological framework for this cultural horizon hinders its integration into wider regional and interregional models. Drawing on a substantial new radiocarbon dataset, collating novel Bayesian chronological models for eight sites and existing data from the w…
Plants and Plant Food on the Failaka Island in the Late Islamic Period. Results of the First Archaeobotanical Investigations at the Kharaib al‐Dasht Site (Kuwait)
This study examines plant‐based foods, their production, foraging and trade, as well as the flora of Failaka Island during the Late Islamic period. Archaeobotanical analysis of charred food remains, fuels and domestic waste recovered from the sediments of the Kharaib al‐Dasht site provides insights into the diet and subsistence economy of the island. The recovered seeds indicate the consumption of cultivated cereals, including free‐threshing whea…
Agricultural economies and provisioning relationships in medieval Armenia
Yezidi Rain-Making and Rain-Stopping Rituals in Armenia
Buk barane ( -Buke), - -, . , , , . . . , , - . -, . - . , , . - . . ( )
Syunik (Armenia) In The Context Of Perspectives Of Ethnobotanical Studies
We propose to apply a multidisciplinary and holistic study of wild plants use and plant-related practices as cultural phenomena in Syunik province of Armenia. Thus, the gap in the study of peoples' and plants' interactions as an ecological and cultural phenomenon will be filled
Use of Plants in the Folk Medicine of the Molokans of Armenia
XVIII . . XIX . . . - ( ). 40 (ethnotaxa), , (), , , , , (), ( ), , , , , (), , , , , , --, , , , ()
Wild food plants traditionally gathered in central Armenia
Seeds from vishaps' environment
On the Chalcolithic plant economy of the Hârşova-tell settlement (Romania)
Numerous remains of cultivated plants were recovered from the Boian, Gumelniţa and Cernavodă culture archaeological sediments of the Hârșova-tell, situated on the right bank of the Danube River. The archaeological stratigraphy here represents all Copper Age evolution in this region (Boian, Hamangia, Gumelniţa and Cernavodă I cultures (5th millennium BC)). These archaeobotanical findings give evidence that agriculture was an important direction of…
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Diachronic variability in obsidian procurement patterns and the role of the cave-sheepfold of Getahovit-2 (NE Armenia) during the Chalcolithic period
Phytomedicinal Knowledge and “Official” Sources in Tatev (Armenia)
Ethnographic investigations in the villages of the Tatev community in southern Armenia reveal the positive attitude of the local community toward “official” sources (e.g., printed books, administrative officials, and people of higher education) on herbal medicine and the belittling of their own traditional ethnobotanical knowledge. Although this may be a global phenomenon, we observe and discuss particular reasons specific to the post-Soviet cont…
Archaeobotanical data from an ‘agglomerated cells’ type site
Economic Transitions and Land Ownership
The Yezidis of Armenia, traditionally considered transhumant pastoralists, have been changing their economic habits over the past century. Nowadays, they are more engaged in agriculture than they were a century ago. The social and cultural backgrounds of these transformations are discussed, showing the involvement of the treatment of the Armenians and the adaptive character of the Yezidis’ economy. Presently, the Yezidis practise animal breeding …
The Agriculture of Western Syunik, Armenia in the Light of Archaeological and Archaeobotanical Data (Preliminary Study on the Economy of Early Yervandid Settlements)
Investigating the scale of herding in Chalcolithic pastoral communities settled along the Danube River in the 5th millennium BC
New Data on Archaeobotany of the Lake Sevan Basin
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 f…
Food as a marker for economy and part of identity
The traditional food of the Yezidis and Kurds of Armenia has some particularities and differences compared with the traditional cuisine of Armenians. Ethnobotanical data collected during fieldworks in 2013–2015 in Armenia via interviews, direct observations and sampling of used plants for identification of species. Traditional dishes of Yezidis and Kurds are simple. They are mostly made from or contain as a main component lamb and milk products (…
On the agriculture and vegetal food economy of Kura-Araxes culture in the South Caucasus
L’agriculture de la culture Kura-Araxe constitua la première phase d’une période de plus de 2500 ans (du Bronze ancien au Fer ancien) où les cultures étaient caractérisées par une prédominance et parfois même une présence exclusive de céréales. Bien que plusieurs douzaines de sites du Bronze ancien aient été étudiés, très peu de restes (et parfois aucun reste) de plantes oléagineuses et de légumineuses cultivées ont été retrouvés. Les changements…
Şantierul arheologic Borduşani-Popină, jud. Ialomiţa (2012–2014)
Colectivul de cercetare ce a întreprins studiile arheologice de pe teii-ul de la Borduşani (jud. Ialomiţa) în perioada anilor 2012-2014 şi-a propus nu numai să contribuie la mai buna cunoaştere a evoluţiei locuirilor umane din perioada eneoliticului (în principal cultura Gumelniţa), de aici ci şi la cunoaşterea dinamicii locuirilor umane în zona înconjurătoare, caracterul acestora şi tipul de gestiune a resurselor din perspectiva unei abordări pl…
Programul de colaborare româno-francez de la Hîrşova-tell, jud. Constanța. Campania 2013
În campania anului 2013 au continuat cercetările ce au avut drept obiectiv principal obţinerea unor date suplimentare privind locuirile antropice în perioada de formare a teii-ului. Acestea au fost efectuate în sectorul ce a fost codificat SC/pP (Suprafaţa C/proprietatea Mihai Potamianos ), respectiv mica suprafaţă aflată la est de SB 1 , din perspectiva unei cercetări pluridisciplinare. Date interesante a fumizat şi sondajul realizat în curtea l…
Spread of hexaploid wheats in the Southern Caucasus (6th millennium BC)
Areni-1 Cave, Armenia
The beginning of the Bronze Age in the southern Caucasus has been thought to coincide with the appearance of the Kura Araxes (KA) culture around 3500 cal b.c. KA artifacts are known not only from the southern Caucasus but also from sites in Anatolia, Iran, and the Levant. Recent discoveries from Areni-1 Cave in the Vayots Dzor region of Armenia demonstrate that the origin of the distinctive KA artifact assemblage lies in the Late Chalcolithic of …
Hovk 1 and the Middle and Upper Paleolithic of Armenia
The earliest finds of cultivated plants in Armenia
On the agriculture and vegetal food economy of Kura-Araxes culture in the South Caucasus
L’agriculture de la culture Kura-Araxe constitua la première phase d’une période de plus de 2500 ans (du Bronze ancien au Fer ancien) où les cultures étaient caractérisées par une prédominance et parfois même une présence exclusive de céréales. Bien que plusieurs douzaines de sites du Bronze ancien aient été étudiés, très peu de restes (et parfois aucun reste) de plantes oléagineuses et de légumineuses cultivées ont été retrouvés. Les changements…
Food as a marker for economy and part of identity
The traditional food of the Yezidis and Kurds of Armenia has some particularities and differences compared with the traditional cuisine of Armenians. Ethnobotanical data collected during fieldworks in 2013–2015 in Armenia via interviews, direct observations and sampling of used plants for identification of species. Traditional dishes of Yezidis and Kurds are simple. They are mostly made from or contain as a main component lamb and milk products (…
Palaeoethnobotanical Data from the High Mountainous Early Bronze Age Settlement of Tsaghkasar-1 (Mt. Aragats, Armenia)
Palaeoethnobotanical investigations suggest that at least part of the Early Bronze Age population of Tsaghkasar was settled and practiced agriculture in the high mountainous zone. People there appear to have cultivated hexa‐ and tetraploid wheats (probably bread wheat and emmer) and barley (possibly hulled). Bronze Age agriculture in the Southern Caucasus differs from earlier and later period when cultivation of pulses, oil‐producing plants, and …
Areni-1 Cave, Armenia
The beginning of the Bronze Age in the southern Caucasus has been thought to coincide with the appearance of the Kura Araxes (KA) culture around 3500 cal b.c. KA artifacts are known not only from the southern Caucasus but also from sites in Anatolia, Iran, and the Levant. Recent discoveries from Areni-1 Cave in the Vayots Dzor region of Armenia demonstrate that the origin of the distinctive KA artifact assemblage lies in the Late Chalcolithic of …
Phytomedicinal Knowledge and “Official” Sources in Tatev (Armenia)
Ethnographic investigations in the villages of the Tatev community in southern Armenia reveal the positive attitude of the local community toward “official” sources (e.g., printed books, administrative officials, and people of higher education) on herbal medicine and the belittling of their own traditional ethnobotanical knowledge. Although this may be a global phenomenon, we observe and discuss particular reasons specific to the post-Soviet cont…
The chalcolithic of the Near East and south-eastern Europe
The archaeological exploration of a cave in the southern Caucasus revealed evidence for early social complexity, ritual burial and wine-making in the early fourth millennium. The marvellous preservation of wood, leather and plants offers a valuable contrast to the poorer assemblages on contemporary tell sites. The authors make the case that the Areni-1 cave complex indicates connections between the urbanisation of early Mesopotamia and the Maikop…
New Data on Archaeobotany of the Lake Sevan Basin
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 f…
The earliest finds of cultivated plants in Armenia
Hovk 1 and the Middle and Upper Paleolithic of Armenia
Ağri Ovasi, Ermeni̇stan Kesi̇mi̇nde Neoli̇ti̇k Bi̇r Yerleşi̇m Aknashen Khatunarkh
This paper presents the preliminary results of the excavations (2004-2009) of Aknashen-Khatunarkh, a Neolithic site in the plain of Ararat. More than 300 m 2 has been excavated of this tell, which is about 100 m in diameter and 3,5 m in height. The cultural layer, more than 4 m thick, was subdivided preliminarily into five horizons, the upper one (I) belonging to the Early Chalcolithic and the others (II-V) to the Late Neolithic. A series of 1…
Palaeoethnobotanical Data from the High Mountainous Early Bronze Age Settlement of Tsaghkasar-1 (Mt. Aragats, Armenia)
Palaeoethnobotanical investigations suggest that at least part of the Early Bronze Age population of Tsaghkasar was settled and practiced agriculture in the high mountainous zone. People there appear to have cultivated hexa‐ and tetraploid wheats (probably bread wheat and emmer) and barley (possibly hulled). Bronze Age agriculture in the Southern Caucasus differs from earlier and later period when cultivation of pulses, oil‐producing plants, and …
Spread of hexaploid wheats in the Southern Caucasus (6th millennium BC)
Areni-1 Cave, Armenia
The beginning of the Bronze Age in the southern Caucasus has been thought to coincide with the appearance of the Kura Araxes (KA) culture around 3500 cal b.c. KA artifacts are known not only from the southern Caucasus but also from sites in Anatolia, Iran, and the Levant. Recent discoveries from Areni-1 Cave in the Vayots Dzor region of Armenia demonstrate that the origin of the distinctive KA artifact assemblage lies in the Late Chalcolithic of …
The chalcolithic of the Near East and south-eastern Europe
The archaeological exploration of a cave in the southern Caucasus revealed evidence for early social complexity, ritual burial and wine-making in the early fourth millennium. The marvellous preservation of wood, leather and plants offers a valuable contrast to the poorer assemblages on contemporary tell sites. The authors make the case that the Areni-1 cave complex indicates connections between the urbanisation of early Mesopotamia and the Maikop…
Şantierul arheologic Borduşani-Popină, jud. Ialomiţa (2012–2014)
Colectivul de cercetare ce a întreprins studiile arheologice de pe teii-ul de la Borduşani (jud. Ialomiţa) în perioada anilor 2012-2014 şi-a propus nu numai să contribuie la mai buna cunoaştere a evoluţiei locuirilor umane din perioada eneoliticului (în principal cultura Gumelniţa), de aici ci şi la cunoaşterea dinamicii locuirilor umane în zona înconjurătoare, caracterul acestora şi tipul de gestiune a resurselor din perspectiva unei abordări pl…
Programul de colaborare româno-francez de la Hîrşova-tell, jud. Constanța. Campania 2013
În campania anului 2013 au continuat cercetările ce au avut drept obiectiv principal obţinerea unor date suplimentare privind locuirile antropice în perioada de formare a teii-ului. Acestea au fost efectuate în sectorul ce a fost codificat SC/pP (Suprafaţa C/proprietatea Mihai Potamianos ), respectiv mica suprafaţă aflată la est de SB 1 , din perspectiva unei cercetări pluridisciplinare. Date interesante a fumizat şi sondajul realizat în curtea l…
On the agriculture and vegetal food economy of Kura-Araxes culture in the South Caucasus
L’agriculture de la culture Kura-Araxe constitua la première phase d’une période de plus de 2500 ans (du Bronze ancien au Fer ancien) où les cultures étaient caractérisées par une prédominance et parfois même une présence exclusive de céréales. Bien que plusieurs douzaines de sites du Bronze ancien aient été étudiés, très peu de restes (et parfois aucun reste) de plantes oléagineuses et de légumineuses cultivées ont été retrouvés. Les changements…
Food as a marker for economy and part of identity
The traditional food of the Yezidis and Kurds of Armenia has some particularities and differences compared with the traditional cuisine of Armenians. Ethnobotanical data collected during fieldworks in 2013–2015 in Armenia via interviews, direct observations and sampling of used plants for identification of species. Traditional dishes of Yezidis and Kurds are simple. They are mostly made from or contain as a main component lamb and milk products (…
The Agriculture of Western Syunik, Armenia in the Light of Archaeological and Archaeobotanical Data (Preliminary Study on the Economy of Early Yervandid Settlements)
Investigating the scale of herding in Chalcolithic pastoral communities settled along the Danube River in the 5th millennium BC
New Data on Archaeobotany of the Lake Sevan Basin
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 f…
Archaeobotanical data from an ‘agglomerated cells’ type site
Economic Transitions and Land Ownership
The Yezidis of Armenia, traditionally considered transhumant pastoralists, have been changing their economic habits over the past century. Nowadays, they are more engaged in agriculture than they were a century ago. The social and cultural backgrounds of these transformations are discussed, showing the involvement of the treatment of the Armenians and the adaptive character of the Yezidis’ economy. Presently, the Yezidis practise animal breeding …
Phytomedicinal Knowledge and “Official” Sources in Tatev (Armenia)
Ethnographic investigations in the villages of the Tatev community in southern Armenia reveal the positive attitude of the local community toward “official” sources (e.g., printed books, administrative officials, and people of higher education) on herbal medicine and the belittling of their own traditional ethnobotanical knowledge. Although this may be a global phenomenon, we observe and discuss particular reasons specific to the post-Soviet cont…
On the Chalcolithic plant economy of the Hârşova-tell settlement (Romania)
Numerous remains of cultivated plants were recovered from the Boian, Gumelniţa and Cernavodă culture archaeological sediments of the Hârșova-tell, situated on the right bank of the Danube River. The archaeological stratigraphy here represents all Copper Age evolution in this region (Boian, Hamangia, Gumelniţa and Cernavodă I cultures (5th millennium BC)). These archaeobotanical findings give evidence that agriculture was an important direction of…
Withdrawn
Diachronic variability in obsidian procurement patterns and the role of the cave-sheepfold of Getahovit-2 (NE Armenia) during the Chalcolithic period
Use of Plants in the Folk Medicine of the Molokans of Armenia
XVIII . . XIX . . . - ( ). 40 (ethnotaxa), , (), , , , , (), ( ), , , , , (), , , , , , --, , , , ()
Wild food plants traditionally gathered in central Armenia
Seeds from vishaps' environment
Syunik (Armenia) In The Context Of Perspectives Of Ethnobotanical Studies
We propose to apply a multidisciplinary and holistic study of wild plants use and plant-related practices as cultural phenomena in Syunik province of Armenia. Thus, the gap in the study of peoples' and plants' interactions as an ecological and cultural phenomenon will be filled
Yezidi Rain-Making and Rain-Stopping Rituals in Armenia
Buk barane ( -Buke), - -, . , , , . . . , , - . -, . - . , , . - . . ( )
Geography (21 works) · Archaeology (17 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 works) · Ancient history (11 works) · History (11 works) · Agriculture (10 works) · Biology (10 works) · Bronze Age (9 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (9 works) · Art (7 works)