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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name Sona Manukyan Address , st. Shrjanayin, h. 54 Telephone +374-91-881-801 E-mail [email protected] Nationality Armenian Date of birth 29.11.1992

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to) 2012 July Name and address of employer Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Yerevan, Type of business or sector Science Occupation or position held Senior laboratory-assistant Main activities and responsibilities Excavating and monitoring of the work at Argishtikhinili (Armavir) Urartian fortress, and settlement.

Dates (from-to) 2012 August-September Name and address of employer Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia Type of business or sector Science Occupation or position held Senior assistant Main activities and responsibilities Excavating and monitoring of the work at fortress Tevraqar (Ijevan).Where were found stone tools from Ashel period.

Dates (from – to) 2013 August- November Name and address of employer Scientific research center of the historical and cultural heritage Type of business or sector Science, Occupation or position held Archaeologist, coordinator of a worker group Main activities and responsibilities Carrying out excavations at archaeological site.

Dates (from – to) 2014 June- July Name and address of employer Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia Type of business or sector Science

1 CURRICUL U M V I T A E O F S O N A M A N U K Y A N Occupation or position held Archaeologist Main activities and responsibilities Archaeological excavations in frames of " Kotayk survey project" in the settlements and caves of Kotayk region. Main work was concentrated on one local fortress, which has existed in Urartian time.

Dates (from – to) 2014 September Name and address of employer Erebuni Historical-Archeological Museum-Reserve, Yerevan, Armenia Type of business or sector Museum, science Occupation or position held Archaeologist Main activities and responsibilities To participate in the archaeological excavations in Erebuni fortress: Armenian-French expedition.

Dates (from-to) 2015 July Name and address of employer Historical museum of Velingrad Type of business or sector Museum, science Occupation or position held Archaeologist-volunteer Excavation in the Thracian sanctuary on Ostrets mountain. Main activities and responsibilities

Dates (from-to) 2015 August Name and address of employer Historical museum of Velingrad Type of business or sector Museum, science Occupation or position held Archaeologist-volunteer Main activities and responsibilities Excavation in the Thracian sanctuary on St. Ilia mountain.

Dates (from-to) 2015 December Name and address of employer Erebuni Historical-Archeological Museum-Reserve, Yerevan, Armenia Type of business or sector Museum, science Occupation or position held Archaeologist Main activities and responsibilities Taking dimensions of archaeological objects’. Describing the objects and preparing their documentations.

2016 June Dates (from-to) Erebuni Historical-Archeological Museum-Reserve, Yerevan, Armenia Name and address of employer Museum, science Type of business or sector Occupation or position held Archaeologist Main activities and responsibilities Participant in the archaeological excavations at Erebuni fortress: of Armenian-French expedition. During this season the team has found a pebbly street and temple grounds.

2016 June-July Dates (from-to) Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia, Prehistoric section Name and address of employer Science Type of business or sector Occupation or position held Archaeologist Main activities and responsibilities The excavations in scope of Armenian-German expedition on mountain Aragats: 3000 m height. The aim of the expedition is to discover Vishaps and to see if cromlechs, which are found near Vishaps, have secondary use.

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Dates (from-to) 2016 September-October Name and address of employer Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia Type of business or sector Science Occupation or position held Senior Assistant Main activities and responsibilities Excavate Early Neolithic settlement in nowadays' Aknashen village.

Dates (from-to) 2017 July Name and address of employer Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia, Prehistoric section Type of business or sector Science Occupation or position held Archaeologist Main activities and responsibilities The excavations in scope of Armenian-German expedition on Aragats mountain: 3000 m

height. The aim of the expedition is to discover Vishaps and to see if cromlechs, which are

found near Vishaps, have secondary use. To find the original Vishap pits.

Dates (from-to) 2017 September- October Name and address of employer Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia Type of business or sector Science Occupation or position held Senior laboratory-assistant Main activities and responsibilities Excavate Early Neolithic settlement in nowadays' Aknashen village.

Dates (from-to) 2018 June-July Name and address of employer Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia Type of business or sector Science Occupation or position held Senior laboratory assistant-researcher, Archaeologist Main activities and responsibilities My participation role in this excavation was to be a trench coordinator. The site is situated up to 2800 meters high. In this season we excavated a big structure so called “Jelly fish” (which can be prehistoric) and a new Vishap stone.

Dates (from-to) 2018 October Name and address of employer Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia Type of business or sector Science Occupation or position held Co-director of the expedition in village Aragatsavan Main activities and responsibilities This site is a complex of several archaeological monuments including kytes, settlements, and graveyards, etcetera. The main responsibility in the field was to direct the excavations in the settlement and for the graves.

Dates (from-to) 2016 March-till now Name and address of employer Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia, Prehistoric section Type of business or sector Science Occupation or position held Senior laboratory-assistant Main activities and responsibilities Engage science, to publish works, to participate in archaeological excavations.

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FORMAL EDUCATION

• Dates (from – to) 2009-2013 • Name and type of organization , Faculty of History, Pulpit of Archaeology and Ethnography providing education and training • Principal subjects/occupational , World history, Archaeology, Ethnography, Humanities skills covered • Title of qualification awarded Bachelor's degree in History & qualification of a Teacher '' History'' • Level in national classification Diploma with good results

• Dates (from – to) 2013-2015 • Name and type of organization Yerevan State University providing education and training • Principal subjects/occupational Archaeology, Ethnology, Humanities • Title of qualification awarded Master’s degree in History/ Archaeology/ • Level in national classification Diploma with honors

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• Dates and place 2013 April-July, Yerevan-Aruch • Title of the activity and the Formazione al restauro in Armenia

organization providing education and training • Principal subjects/occupational Archaeology and interdisciplinary sciences skills covered • Title of qualification awarded Certificate of Milan Polytechnic State University

• Dates and place 2013 August -September, Yerevan • Title of the activity and the Formazione al restauro in Armenia organization providing education and training • Principal subjects/occupational Conservation of the archaeological finds in the field skills covered • Title of qualification awarded Certificate of Milan Polytechnic State University

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS

• Date 2013 • Award or Certificate and who have Honors Certificate for the training course "Archaeology and interdisciplinary approaches” provided (trainer S. Bortolotto) provided by Formazione al restauro in Armenia • Date 2013 • Award or Certificate and who have Honors Certificate for the training course “Restoration of the archaeological finds in the provided field” (trainer M. Boriani) provided by Formazione al restauro in Armenia

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

MOTHER TONGUE ARMENIAN

OTHER LANGUAGES

ENGLISH- C1

RUSSIAN- C1

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TECHNICAL SKILLS During my university studies I have gained computer AND COMPETENCES skills and can operate with programs: MS office, Photoshop, HTML, and Internet. On my own I study program “Statistica” to make grave statistics and cluster analysis.

I have an international “Open water” diving certificate from PADI.

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