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Everyday life on the medieval Silk Road: VDSRS excavations at Arpa, Armenia

Աստղիկ Բաբաջանյան and Kathryn Franklin · 2018

Catalogue summary

Excavations at Arpa in Vayots Dzor place a medieval settlement within the Silk Road’s Caucasian junction between China and the Mediterranean. Architecture, ceramics, glass, and coins are presented as material evidence for movement and exchange during the twelfth through fifteenth centuries.

Why this matters

The site-specific evidence makes Armenian participation in Eurasian trade networks tangible through an archaeological case rather than a route map alone.

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Published in

ARAMAZD Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies

Year

2018

Language

English

DOI

10.32028/ajnes.v12i1.898

Citation

Աստղիկ Բաբաջանյան and Kathryn Franklin 2018. Everyday life on the medieval Silk Road: VDSRS excavations at Arpa, Armenia. ARAMAZD Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies. https://doi.org/10.32028/ajnes.v12i1.898

Topics

Archaeology, art, and material culture

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