Editing Yerevan (section)

===Pre-history and pre-classical era===
{{see also|Kura–Araxes culture}}
[[File:Shengavit Settlement 2.jpg|thumb|Foundations of [[Shengavit Settlement|Shengavit historical site]] (site settled 3200 BC cal to 2500 BC cal) ]]
The territory of Yerevan has been inhabited since approximately the 2nd half of the [[4th millennium BC]]. The southern part of the city currently known as [[Shengavit District|Shengavit]] has been populated since at least 3200 BC, during the period of [[Kura–Araxes culture]] of the early [[Bronze Age]]. The first excavations at the [[Shengavit Settlement|Shengavit historical site]] was conducted between 1936 and 1938 under the guidance of archaeologist Yevgeny Bayburdyan. After two decades, archaeologist Sandro Sardarian resumed the excavations starting from 1958 until 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panarmenian.net/arm/details/118010/|title=Շենգավիթ. Հին Երևանի ամենավաղ և բացառիկ վկայությունը. Հայտնի հնավայրի 2012 թ-ի պեղումների և նշանակության մասին|website=PanARMENIAN.Net|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116141209/https://www.panarmenian.net/arm/details/118010/|url-status=live}}</ref> The 3rd phase of the excavations started in 2000, under the guidance of archaeologist Hakob Simonyan. In 2009, Simonyan was joined by Mitchell S. Rothman from the [[Widener University]] of [[Pennsylvania]]. Together they conducted three series of excavations in 2009, 2010, and 2012 respectively.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} During the process, a full stratigraphic column to bedrock was reached, showing there to be 8 or 9 distinct stratigraphic levels. These levels cover a time between 3200 BC and 2500 BC. Evidences of later use of the site, possibly until 2200 BC, were also found. The excavation process revealed a series of large round buildings with square adjoining rooms and minor round buildings. A series of ritual installations was discovered in 2010 and 2012.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}