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

Aknashen
Ակնաշեն
Aknashen  Ակնաշեն is located in Armenia
Aknashen  Ակնաշեն
Aknashen
Ակնաշեն
Coordinates: 40°05′45″N 44°17′10″E / 40.09583°N 44.28611°E / 40.09583; 44.28611
CountryArmenia
Marz (Province)Armavir
Population
 (2008)
  Total1,479
Time zoneUTC+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. 17: 63–71. doi:10.1007/s00334-008-0158-6. S2CID 66190451.
  2. "8000-Year Old Settlement Excavated at Aknashen". 28 November 2017.


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