Nouvelles recherches sur l’ensemble paléochrétien et médiéval d’Ereruyk en Arménie

This article presents the first results of a new archaeological survey carried out by the LA3M laboratory (CNRS / Aix-Marseille University), in cooperation with archaeologists from Armenia, on Yereruyk Early Christian and Medieval site, in the North-West of the Republic of Armenia.

The report is introduced by a brief history of the study of Yereruyk, and a short presentation of its place in Armenian architecture. Then follow synthetic observations on the main fields of intervention of LA3M’s multidisciplinary team: building archaeology of preserved elevations, lapidary material, excavations in the necropolis (cemetery), on the basilica’s South edge, anthropological aspects of these investigations, and lastly, preliminary geomorphologic observations around the remains of a “dam”. The article ends with prospects of orientations for following campaigns.