Igor Rubenowitsch Pitschikjan
Igor Rubenowitsch Pitschikjan ( Russian Игорь Рубенович Пичикян ; * 1940 in Tbilisi , † 1997 ) was a Russian archaeologist .
Igor Rubenowitsch Pitschikjan studied at the University of Moscow and received his doctorate there in 1975 with a thesis on representational architecture in the cities of the northern Black Sea region . Activities at various museums in Moscow followed . From 1977 he was employed at the Oriental Institute of the Soviet / Russian Academy of Sciences . Pitschikjan was active in a leading position in excavations in Berezan , Olbia , Pantikapaion , Chersonese and in Central Asia . Most famous are his work on the Oxus Temple , which he was leading between 1976 and 1991 . The excavations were carried out as part of the South Tajik Archaeological Expedition led by Boris A. Litwinski . In 1984 he published a book in which he examined the mutual influences between the Black Sea region and Asia Minor .
Fonts
- with Boris A. Litvinskij: Oxus Treasure and Oxus Temple. Achaemenid Art in Central Asia , Academy, Berlin 1992 (Antiquity in Modernity) ISBN 3-05-002145-4
- Taxt-i Sangīn, the Oxus Temple. Excavation findings, stratigraphy and architecture , von Zabern, Mainz 2002 (Archeology in Iran and Turan, Vol. 4) ISBN 3-8053-2928-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Igor Rubenowitsch Pitschikjan in the catalog of the German National Library
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pitschikjan, Igor Rubenowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pitschikjan, Igor Rubenowitsch; Пичикян, Игорь Рубенович (Russian spelling); Pičikjan, Igor Rubenovič; Picikjan, Igor R. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tbilisi |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1997 |