Founded in 2017 by Memorandum of Understanding, the Vayots Dzor Fortress Landscapes Project is directed by Tiffany Earley-Spadoni (University of Central Florida), Artur Petrosyan (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia), and Boris Gasparyan (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia).
2022 Excavation and Survey Participants
Archaeologists: Ani Adigyozalyan (IAE), Aurora Camaño (Simon Fraser University), Sofia Kane (Yale University), Samantha Levy (University of Central Florida), Varduhi Melikyan (IAE), and Parker Zane (Yale University).
Specialists: Astghik Babajanyan (medieval ceramicist), Aurora Camaño (ceramicist), Sofia Kane (illustrator), Registrar (Parker Zane)
2018 Excavation and Survey Participants
Survey
Co-Director: Peter J. Cobb (University of Pennsylvania)
Specialists: Elvan Cobb (Cornell), Caitlin Curtis (University of Wisconsin-Parkside)
Survey Team: Hayk Azizbekyan (IAE), Christopher Besser (Penn), Malkia Okech (Penn), Colin Roberts (Penn) and Andrew Williams (Penn)
Excavation
Area Supervisors: Ani Adigyozalyan (IAE), Travis Corwin (Cardno) and Laurel Schafer (University of Georgia)
Assistants: Trevor Colaneri (UCF), Jacob Finegan (UCF), Jennifer Markowitz (UCF), Elyssa Smith (UCF)
2017 Survey Participants
Hayk Azizbekyan, Travis Corwin, Joshua Frederick, Hayk Haydosyan, Nicholas Hilliard, Laurel Schafer, and Vrej.
