Armenia Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Prehistoric=== {{Main|Prehistoric Armenia|Prehistory of the Armenians|Satrapy of Armenia|Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Roman Armenia|Sasanian Armenia|Lesser Armenia|Armenian archeology}} [[File:Zorats Karer 2008, part of the stone circle.jpg|right|thumb|Bronze Age burial site [[Zorats Karer]] (also known as [[Zorats Karer|Karahunj]]).]] The first human traces are supported by the presence of Acheulean tools, generally close to the obsidian outcrops more than 1 million years ago.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Dolukhanov|first1=Pavel|last2=Aslanian|first2=Stepan|last3=Kolpakov|first3=Evgeny|last4=Belyaeva|first4=Elena|date=2004|title=Prehistoric Sites in Northern Armenia|url=http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/dolukhanov301/#author|journal=Antiquity|volume=78|issue=301}}</ref> The most recent and important excavation is at the [[Nor Geghi|Nor Geghi 1]] Stone Age site in the [[Hrazdan river]] valley.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Adler|first1=D. S.|last2=Wilkinson|first2=K. N.|last3=Blockley|first3=S.|last4=Mark|first4=D. F.|last5=Pinhasi|first5=R.|last6=Schmidt-Magee|first6=B. A.|last7=Nahapetyan|first7=S.|last8=Mallol|first8=C.|last9=Berna|first9=F.|date=2014-09-26|title=Early Levallois technology and the Lower to Middle Paleolithic transition in the Southern Caucasus|journal=Science|language=en|volume=345|issue=6204|pages=1609β1613|doi=10.1126/science.1256484|issn=0036-8075|pmid=25258079|bibcode=2014Sci...345.1609A|s2cid=10266660}}</ref> Thousands of 325,000 year-old artifacts may indicate that this stage of human technological innovation occurred intermittently throughout the Old World, rather than spreading from a single point of origin (usually hypothesized to be Africa), as was previously thought.<ref>[http://www.science20.com/news_articles/325000_year_old_stone_age_site_in_armenia_leads_to_human_technology_rethink-145698 325,000 Year Old Stone Age Site In Armenia Leads To Human Technology Rethink]</ref> [[File:Petrogliph-Ughtasar-Armenia2.jpg|thumb|[[Ughtasar Petroglyphs]], These petroglyphs, some believed to date back to the Paleolithic (12,000 BCE), are carved onto dark brownish-black volcanic stones left behind by an extinct volcano.]] Many early Bronze Age settlements were built in Armenia (Valley of Ararat, Shengavit, Harich, Karaz, Amiranisgora, Margahovit, Garni, etc.). One of the important sites of the Early Bronze Age is [[Shengavit (site)|Shengavit Settlement]], It was located on the site of today's capital of Armenia, [[Yerevan]]. [[File:Shengavit Settlement 2.jpg|thumb|Shengavit Settlement.]] [[File:Chalcolithic leather shoe from Areni-1 cave.jpg|left|thumb|A 5500-year-old leather shoe, the oldest shoe in the world, was discovered in the [[Areni-1 shoe|Areni cave]] in Armenia.]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page