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Interpretive cutaway illustration of the Areni-1 cave installation: a clay basin at the cave floor and a large clay jar set into the ground nearby.
Built structures · Place

Areni-1 wine-production installation

A fixed Late Chalcolithic installation in Areni-1 cave combined a shallow clay pressing basin with a large jar set into the cave floor and storage vessels nearby.

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Floors, basins and masonry tanks
Areni-1 Cave
Watercolor cutaway illustration of an intact Armenian karas partly embedded in soil, showing one modern producer-specific arrangement.
Equipment

Karas

A karas is a large Armenian clay wine vessel used in several documented practices. Placement and use vary; one modern producer reports maturing wine in karasi buried about three-quarters of their height.

Jars, pots and crocks
Armenia