Grigor Areschyan

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Grigor Areschjan, 2019

Grigor Areschjan ( Armenian Գրիգոր Արեշյան ; born May 13, 1949 in Yerevan ; † August 2, 2020 ibid) was an Armenian historian and archaeologist whose main interests were the history and civilizations of the Ancient Near East .

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In 1987-1991 he was the deputy director of the Archaeological Institute of the Armenian Academy of Sciences. From 1991 to 1992 he was briefly Minister of State in the Armenian government.

In 2015, he and Boris Gasparyan led the excavations at Areni-1 , where he found the 5,500-year-old leather shoe.

In 2017, a commemorative publication was published in honor of Gregory Areshian under the title Bridging Times and Spaces: Papers in Ancient Near Eastern, Mediterranean and Armenian Studies .

Areshian died in Yerevan in 2020.

Fonts (selection)

  • Empires and Diversity: On the Crossroads of Archeology, History, and Anthropology. Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives, 7, Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archeology Press, University of California 2013 (Editor and contributing author).
  • Areni (Armenia). In: KB Metheny, MC Beaudry (Eds.), Archeology of Food. An Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, Lanham-Boulder-New York-London: Rowman & Littlefield 2015, p. 40.
  • Ani: Identities and Conflicts in and around a “Silk Road” City. In: HA Haviland, HEL Prins, D. Walrath, B. McBride, The Essence of Anthropology, 4th edition, Boston, Mass .: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning 2016, p. 136ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ancient Shoe Steps up Archaeological Insight - Sott.net . Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  2. ^ Nick Squires: World's earliest known winery discovered in Armenia . April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  3. ^ Archaeopress: Publishers of Academic Archeology . Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1023827/eng/

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personal data
SURNAME Areschjan, Grigor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Արեշյան, Գրիգոր
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian historian and archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Yerevan
DATE OF DEATH 2nd August 2020
Place of death Yerevan