It’s unclear who frequented Areshi-1, where these people lived or how big their settlements were. No trace of household activities has been found in or outside the cave.

Whoever they were, these people participated in trade networks that ran throughout the Near East, Areshian proposes. Copper Age pottery at the site falls into four groups, only one of which represents a local product. A group of painted ceramic items came from west-central Iran. Some pots display a style typical of the Maikop culture from southern Russia and southeastern Europe. Still other pieces were characteristic of the Kura-Arax culture that flourished just west of Maikop territory in Russia.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39826/title/Armenian_cave_yields_ancient_human_brain

Incidentally, Armenia Now reported in 2005 that local residents were destroying some of these sites in Siunik.

Archeologists are concerned that these and other important archeology sites are being carelessly destroyed. “We have appealed to all proper bodies, but the stone mine works day and night,” says Avetisyan. “This is a state crime before everybody’s eyes.” Michigan University professor John Cherry says it is too bad that the Armenians show such disregard for the riches of their own past. “If it continues this way many ancient settlements may be destroyed without being studied.”

http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/001521.html