The defense of Ruzanna Mkrtchyan’s Doctoral dissertation, titled “Bioarchaeology of the Sevan Basin (Middle and Late Bronze Ages),” will take place at the IAE

The defense of Ruzanna Mkrtchyan’s Doctoral dissertation, titled “Bioarchaeology of the Sevan Basin (Middle and Late Bronze Ages),” will take place on June 26 at 14:00 during the session of Professional Council 007 (Archaeology and Ethnography) at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (IAE, NAS RA).

The dissertation focuses on the reconstruction of the anthropological type, demographic profile, lifestyle, diet, and burial practices of the Middle and Late Bronze Age population of the Sevan Basin, based on craniometric, osteometric, sex-age, and dental pathology data. Official opponents:

Professor Hayk G. Avetisyan (Doctor of History), Garegin S. Tumanyan (Doctor of History), Hakob Ye. Simonyan (Doctor of History) Leading institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia