Shengavit Of Kura Araxes Culture: One Of Armenia’s Historical Sites Inhabited Since At Least 3200 BC

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – One of the most prominent historical sites of Kura Araxes (Uraxes) culture dated from 3400 BC to 2000 BC is the Shengavit settlement, located just beyond the suburbs of the city of Yerevan, Armenia.

The Kura-Araxes culture (3400-2000 BCE). Although the Kura-Araxes people were less militaristic and more sedentary, they also underwent a major expansion, first west to Anatolia, south to the Fertile Crescent, and east toward the Iranian plateau, possibly all the way to Pakistan, where they would have influenced the Indus Valley Civilisation.

The area of modern-day Shengavit has been inhabited since at least 3200 BC, probably, late Neolithic 3500-3000 BC). The site was excavated and relatively well studied by archaeologists who revealed findings, attributed to many cultures that existed during the very long period of time from 4,000 to 2,000 BC.

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