Artur Petrosyan

Artur Petrosyan graduated from the Faculty of Culture at the Armenian State Pedagogical University in 2005 obtaining a degree of a Museologist and Conservator of Historical Sites. In 2007 Mr. Petrosyan graduated from the Department of Archaeology and Ethnography at the Faculty of History of Yerevan State University obtaining an MA degree in Archaeology and History. He continued his education at the Faculty of Cultural Heritage and Environment at the University of Milan (Italy) studying the Methodology of Archaeological Research in 2008, then he did another course of Lithic Industry and Experimental Archaeology at the Department of History and Cultural Heritage of the University of Siena (Italy) in 2010. From 2007 to 2010, Artur did his PhD education at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of NAS RA. Since 2007, Artur Petrosyan works at the same Institute as a Researcher.

Since 2005, as archaeologist he has participated in a number of archaeological expeditions in Armenia, Italy (Calvatone, Sassofortino) and UAE (Vadi al Hello). Currently he is the co-director of Armenian – Italian, Armenian – Japanis, Armenian – Chinese, Armenian-Russian joined expeditions in Kotayk, Vayots Dzor, Ararat, Lori and Armavir regions (Armenia). The scope of his specific professional interest is the research on the Archaeological Method and Theory, Neolithic Archaeology, Lithic Industries, Lithic analysis and organization of technology, Prehistory of Armenia, Southern Caucasus and Near East. Petrosyan is a member of Is.I.P.U - Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana Anagni (Rome, Italy), I S M E O - Associazione Internazionale di Studi sul Mediterraneo e l'Oriente (Rome, Italy), Individual member of International Council of Museums (ICOM/ICMAH - International Committee for Museums and Collections of Archaeology and History), Individual member of International Council on Monuments and Sites - ICOMOS. He is an Archaeological Expert at the National Bureau of Expertise, RA NAS.