Zhores Khachatryan

Zhores Khachatryan (Armenian: Ժորես Խաչատրյան; 1935–2017)[1] was an Armenian archaeologist. Born in Yerevan in 1935 to an family of Armenian genocide survivors from Sivas (Sebastia), Khachatryan studied history at Yerevan State University. He began his long career at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Armenian Academy of Sciences in 1959, initially as a research assistant. In 1962–65, he was a postgraduate student at the institute. His advisor was Babken Arakelyan. He worked at the institute until 2015.[2] Khachatryan was a long time head of the Department of Archaeology of Ancient Armenia at the institute.[2]

He was a leading Armenian archeologist[3] whose research and excavations spanned from the Yervandid (Orontid) and Artaxiad periods at Armavir, Artashat (Artaxata),[4][5] Tigranakert of Artsakh,[6] Azat Valley.[7] He headed the excavation group of Artashat.[8]

He was awarded the Movses Khorenatsi Medal in 2013.[9]

References
  1. Sargsyan, Davit [in Armenian] (24 December 2017). "2017-ի էջը փակելուց առաջ հիշենք տարվա կորուստները". hraparak.am (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Արտաշատի և Գառնիի հնագիտական արշավախմբերի նախկին ղեկավար Ժորես Խաչատրյան (1935-2017)
  2. Karapetyan, Inesa; Margaryan, Hasmik. "Zhores Khachatryan". ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies. Association for Near Eastern and Caucasian Studies. ISSN 1829-1376. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022.
  3. Abrahamyan, Gayane (March 15, 2012). "Armenia: Could a Goddess Influence an Election Campaign?". EurasiaNet. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021.
  4. Lindsay, Ian; Smith, Adam T. (2006). "A History of Archaeology in the Republic of Armenia". Journal of Field Archaeology. 31 (2): 165–184.
  5. "Armenia's President visits archaeological excavations in Artashat and Shengavit". news.am. 31 October 2012. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014.
  6. Paskevichyan, Tigran (20 November 2006). "Tigranakert". Hetq. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. The excavations were carried out by the Artshakh archaeological group of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of Armenia with the participation of Hamlet Petrosyan, Zhores Khachatryan...
  7. "Պեղումներ Ազատ գետի հովտում". Aravot (in Armenian). October 29, 2005. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Հնագիտական արշավախմբի անդամներն են հայազգի հնագետներ Համլետ Պետրոսյանը, Ժորես Խաչատրյանը...
  8. "Exclusive art samples found at excavations in Artashat". Armenpress. 13 December 2011. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022.
  9. "Հանրապետության տոնի առիթով մի շարք գործիչների շնորհվել են մեդալներ ու կոչումներ". Hetq (in Armenian). 28 May 2013. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022.


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