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SUMMARY:The Archaeology of Life and Mobility in the Vedi River Valley of A
 rmenia from the Late Bronze Age to the Late Antique Period - Dr Peter J. C
 obb – The University of Hong Kong
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CONTACT:Megan Hinks
DESCRIPTION:The Vedi River Valley of Armenia provides an ideal opportunity
  for researching diachronic human-landscape relations within a mountain-pl
 ain intersection. Since 2022\, we have excavated the Vedi Fortress\, a pro
 minent site that defends the entrance to the Valley along the southeastern
  edge of the Ararat Plain.  Results of this excavation plus extensive surf
 ace survey suggest that a new polity developed in the Valley during the La
 te Bronze Age (ca 1550-1200 BCE) by fortifying the Valley at multiple site
 s.  The Vedi Fortress was burned at 800 BCE\, but was later refortified du
 ring the Late Antique (Early Medieval) period (ca 450-650 CE) when Armenia
  came under Sasanian rule during the Marzpan system.
LOCATION:McDonald Seminar Room\, Department of Archaeology
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