ARCHAEOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, FOLKLORISTICS.
INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES
16th International Conference of Young Scientists
20-22 November, 2019, Yerevan
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Happening at Charents str. 15, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography Library Hall
Duration of presentation - 15 minutes
Questions - 5 minutes
Discussions – at the end of the day
20.11.2019
10:00-10:30 Registration
10:30-10:50 Opening remarks - Dr. Pavel Avetisyan, Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography
ARCHAEOLOGY. Part 1
Session 1 Chair: Levon Aghikyan
10:50-11:10 Mariam Shakhmuradyan – The Problem of the Origin and Spread of Desert Kites
11:10-11:30 Levon Aghikyan – Kura-Araxes Settlement and Cemetery in Karnut (based on results of 2016-2017 campaigns)
11:30-11:50 Aleksan Juharyan- Obsidian Sources at Early Bronze Settlement of Mets Sepasar Obtained by Portable X-ray Fluorescence (pxrf) Method
11:50-12:10 Mariam Saribekyan – Research History of Harich Archaeological Site
12:10-12:30 Coffee Break
Session 2 Chair: Mariam Shakhmuradyan
12:30-12:50 Ketevan Davitashvili – Forest Management Strategies in the Terramare and Colchian Cultures
12:50-13:10 Henrik Danielyan – The Phenomenon of Cyclopean Fortresses: Case of the Southern and Southeastern Slopes of the Mount Aragats
13:10-13:30 Levon Mkrtchyan – Tower-shaped Structures Bordering the Northern Fringes of Ararat Plain
13:30-13:50 Ani Saratikyan – "Tombs of the Warrior" of Loruti Hogher Cemetery (End of the 2nd millennium to the first quarter of the 1st millennium BC)
13:50-14:30 Lunch Break
Session 3 Chair: Benik Vardanyan
14:30-14:50 Benik Vardanyan – On an Object Belonging to the Wheeled Vehicle – Linchpin։ An Attempt of Reconstruction of Archaeological and Ritual Context
14:50-15:10 Sona Manukyan – Social and Demographic Problems in the Research of the Tombs Containing Bronze Belts
15:10-15:30 Nzhdeh Yeranyan – Main results of 2016-2018 excavations at Nor Karmiravan village
15:30-15:50 Nerses Mamikonyan, Astghik Simonyan, Tigran Zakyan – Metal Artifacts from Shahumyan Cemetery of Kapan and Their Restoration Features
15:50-16:10 Coffee Break
Session 4 Chair: Astghik Babajanyan
16:10-16:30 Armine Gabrielyan – Stamped Pottery from Tigranakert in Artsakh
16:30-16:50 Dianna Mirijanyan – Armenian Medieval Sarcophagi
16:50-17:10 Avetis Grigoryan – The Monuments of the Areguni District of the Historical Sotk Region
17:10-17:30 Discussion
21.11.2019
ARCHAEOLOGY. Part 2
Session 5 Chair: Arsen Harutyunyan
10:00-10:20 Tigran Aleksanyan – Vardanants’ Sanctuaries. Definition and Problems of Study
10:20-10:40 Elena Vasileva – Methods of Personification of Historical Necropolis Burials (Using the Example of Investigations in the Central Federal District of the European Part of Russia)
10:40-11:00 Arsen Martirosyan – On the Problem of Secondary-used Stone Tools from Agarakadzor and Malishka Villages
11:00-11:20 Arsen Harutyunyan – The Epigraphs of Mets hermitage of Tatev
11:20-11:40 Hamazasp Abrahamyan – Earthen Construction Heritage in Ararat Plain in the 19th-20th Centuries
11:40-12:00 Coffee Break
ANTHROPOLOGY. Part 1
Session 6 Chair: Amalya Dilanyan
12:00-12:20 Amalya Dilanyan, Hayk Hakobyan – The Phenomenon of the “Graffiti” in the Medieval Epigraphy
12:20-12:40 Kristine Papikyan – Economic Activities in Late Medieval Armenia according to the Chroniclers of the 17th Century: Ethnographic Aspect
12:40-13:00 Lilith Mkrtumyan – Animals in Tales and Believes
13:00-13:20 Anna Poghosyan – Ritualization in the Telling of “Sasna Tsrer” Epic
13:20-14:00 Lunch Break
Session 7 Chair: Lusine Tanajyan
14:00-14:20 Boris Komakhidze – (In)Formal Religious Identity and Practice: What Does Mean to be Yezidi and Orthodox Christian at the Same Time? (The Case of Yezidis of Georgia)
14:20-14:40 Seyedehnasim Fatemi – Converted Yezidis in the Traditional Yezidis’ Communities
14:40-15:00 Lusine Tanajyan – Some Peculiarities of Religious Behaviour in Armenian Communities in Tehran and Los Angeles (Ethno-Sociological Research Data)
15:00-15:20 Coffee Break
Session 8 Chair: Syuzanna Barseghyan
15:20-15:40 Salvine Markosyan – Contradictions among Armenians of Constantinople over the Approval of the Eastern Armenians’ National Constitution (1856-1863)
15:40-16:00 Gayane Hakobyan – The Role of Education in the Socio-Cultural Adaptation Process of Syrian-Armenians
16:00-16:20 Syuzanna Barseghyan – Education within the Value Orientations System of the Yerevan Youth
16:20-16:40 Lusine Angelush – The Linguistic Behavior and the Intercultural Communication of the Students of Yerevan
16:40-17:10 Discussion
22.11.2019
ANTHROPOLOGY. Part 2
Session 9 Chair: Smbat Hakobyan
10:00-10:20 Alina Kirakosyan – Symbolic Manifestations of Bread in Armenian Oral Tradition
10:20-10:40 Hasmik Abrahamyan – Archaic Manifestations of the Communion of Honey in the Armenian Apostolic Church and Folk Rituals
10:40-11:00 Smbat Hakobyan – Death in the Internet: New Practices of Grieving and Mourning in the Facebook
11:00-11:20 Coffee Break
Session 10 Chair: Lilith Mkrtumyan
11:20-11:40 Tigran Sargsyan – Post-Soviet Policy of Artsakh Resettlement
11:50-12:10 Sona Nersisyan – Recreation of Homeland in Diaspora. The Case of Los-Angeles Armenian Community
12:10-12:30 Sona Melikjanyan – The Role Features of Labor Migrated Armenian Women in the Family
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
Session 11 Chair: Hamlet Melkumyan
13:30-13:50 Levon Margaryan – New Public Spaces in Yerevan after the Political Changes in 2018
13:50:14:10 Garik Atanesyan – Benefactors and Beneficence in the Context of the Memorial Policy of Post-Soviet Armenia
14:10-14:30 Hamlet Melkumyan – From Nuclear Power Plant Museum into the Church: Soviet Ideology and Post-Socialist Daily Transformations of Urban Space in Metsamor
14:30-15:00 Discussion
15:00-16:00 Closing Remarks
Conference Organizer
YOUNG SCIENTISTS COUNCIL OF
INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY NAS RA
Address: 15 Charents st, 0025, Yerevan
Tel: (+374) 10 55 68 96
Email: ysc@iae.am, ysc.iae.arm@gmail.com
