Cemetery :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Cemetery

NKR / Kashunik / Hatk

Location

Nevertheless, the grave stones of the Armenian cemetery made of coarse slabs are still in situ on top the hill barely 250 m north of the village.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 189.

Description
15 — 18 cc․

The burials are rather deep. The comparative study of the later with other analogous monuments enables us to date the cemetery by the XV-XVIII cent.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 189.

19 c․

The nomads that established here upon the exodus of the Armenians in the late 19th century buried their dead in the eastern side of the Armenian cemetery.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 189.

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

Remainder of the Armenian cemetery in the northern side of the village

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

Remainder of the Armenian cemetery in the northern side of the village