EXCAVATION UNDERWAY, PROVING DEVELOPED WINEMAKING IN ANCIENT ARMENIA
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
16.11.2009 16:36 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Excavations proving the development of the ancient
wine-making on the territory of modern Armenia, continue, ethnographer
Suren Pogosyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. According to him,
excavations are conducted by the Institute of Archeology and
Ethnography of Armenia, and the first objects, in ancient times
winemaking was developed trade on the territory of modern Armenia,
were discovered in 2007.
According to Suren Pogosyan, excavations are carried out in a huge
cave, called Areni1 and located near the village of Areni, across the
river Arpa. "Bones of grapes, clay pots, stems of grapes were found.
These items indicate that Armenia produced wine 4 000 years BC and
perhaps even earlier, " he said. "The results of excavations cannot
been disclosed so far. After relevant expert estimations we can firmly
state that this construction is one of the oldest in the world,"
he said.
The ethnographer also informed that he takes part in excavations of
3 vineries of medieval period (13 century) n the village of Poti of
the Tavush region and one vinery in the village of Shnogh of Lori
region of Armenia.