“We need to review the human remains kept in YSU. Inside this limit, we hold seminars, we think about how to better preserve the heritage of Armenia, human remains collections, as well as plants, animals and stones,- told Associate Professor of Tulsa University of Anthropology Miriam Belmaker in an interview with Aravot.am about “The Present and the Future of Bioarchaeological, Archaeological and Paleontological Collections at Yerevan State University”. According to her, working with the Ministry of Culture, Institute of Archeology and Department of Geology of the State University, they are teaching students new methods of how to keep the fossils and the collections. “The most important goal is to establish an informational framework, due to which these unresolved issues will be maintained and reviewed. This is a part of the heritage of Armenia, the loss will be of universal.” In the interview with us, the lecturer of YSU Department of History, a senior researcher at the RA NAS Institute of Archeology and Ethnography Ruzanna Mkrtchyan informed that they have worked about 3 weeks with the American partners in the field of scientific community. “We would like to maintain, fund, replenish and bring to the condition of museum the osteologic pieces, which actually is not conducted in Armenia. Bioarchaeological material has value and
contains great scientific information. The organization of science and education is wrong; we are not attracting young fellow researchers and students in these interesting works. Such meetings are given much importance and well treated at the Institute of Archaeology, but being an anthropologist, I believe, that, today, the osteologic pieces are not treated well.”
Angela SHAHUMYAN
