Taghlar Cave

Taghlar Cave
Urek Meniashvili · CC BY-SA 3.0

The Taghlar Cave is an archaeological site in Azerbaijan's disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, located in the southern part of Boyuk Taghlar village on the left bank of the Guruchay River [1]. The cave was inhabited by prehistoric humans of the Mousterian culture during the Paleolithic period [2]. The site provides important evidence of prehistoric human activity in the South Caucasus region.

TypeCave Structures
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryAzerbaijan
Coordinates39.6049° N, 46.9648° E

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