Aknashen

Coordinates: 40°05′45″N 44°17′10″E / 40.09583°N 44.28611°E / 40.09583; 44.28611

Aknashen
Ակնաշեն
Aknashen
Ակնաշեն
Coordinates: 40°05′45″N 44°17′10″E / 40.09583°N 44.28611°E / 40.09583; 44.28611
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Armavir
Population (2008)
 • Total 1,479
Time zone UTC+4 ( )
 • Summer (DST) UTC+5 ( )

Aknashen (Armenian: Ակնաշեն, also Romanized as Aknachen; until 1978, Khatunarkh Verin, Verin Khatunarkh, and Khatunarkh, also Russified as Verkhniy Khatunarkh) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town's church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew; nearby is a ruin of an 8th-century building.

Archaeology

Evidence from charred remains and crop processing residues in pisé from the Neolithic settlements of Aratashen and Aknashen.[1] Recently, an 8000-year old settlement was excavated at Aknashen[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hovsepyan R. Willcox G. (2008). "The earliest finds of cultivated plants in Armenia: evidence from charred remains and crop processing residues in pisé from the Neolithic settlements of Aratashen and Aknashen". Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ↑ {{http://allinnet.info/archeology/8000-year-old-settlement-excavated-at-akhashen/}}
  • Aknashen at GEOnet Names Server
  • World Gazetteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
  • Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
  • Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
  • Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 40; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.


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