Archaeological Sites in Azerbaijan
City/town/settlement in Azerbaijan (22)
Alikomektepe
Alikomektepe is located on the right bank of Incechay river, near Uchtepe village of Jalilabad district. The thickness of the cultural layer is 5.1 m. During the excavation, it…
Baba-Dervish Settlement
An ancient multi-period settlement on the left bank of the Aghstafa River in Qazax District, Azerbaijan, consisting of five hills. Excavated from 1958 to 1966, it revealed three…
Bülövqaya
Bülövqaya is a Chalcolithic archaeological settlement near the village of Göynük in the Babek District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. The site lies on the left…
Dizə, Sharur
Ovchular Tepesi is a multi-period settlement mound near the village of Dize in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, on the left bank of the Arpachay River.
Ərəbyengicə
An ancient settlement in the Sharur District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan, situated about 200 meters north of the Araz River. Dating to the 4th-3rd millennia…
Garakopaktapa
Ancient multilayer settlement of the Middle Bronze Age epoch, located in the basin of the Guruchay and Kondalanchay rivers near Fuzuli Rayon, Azerbaijan. Discovered by…
Govurqala, Ağdam
Govurqala is within the Boyahmadly village and represents a 3rd–10th-century-related town and cemetery with an area of ca. 40 ha. This Govurqala is estimated to be the summer…
Govurqala, Nakhchivan
Govurqala (also Gyaur-kala) is an early fortified city of the 3rd-2nd millennium BC, located near Shahktakhty village, 35 km northwest of Nakhchivan city in Azerbaijan, on the…
Goytepe Archaeological Complex
Goytepe is a Neolithic archaeological complex in Azerbaijan's Tovuz District, affiliated with the Shulaveri-Shomu culture. It represents the largest settlement of the early…
Kultepe-2
Kultepe-2 is an ancient settlement in Nakhchivan. It is located about 1.5 km north of the related ancient site of Kultepe-1, or about 10 km north of Nakhchivan on the west bank of…
Kültəpə
Kultepe I (Kultepe-Nakhchivan) is a multi-period tell settlement on the left bank of the Nakhchivan River in the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, with 22 meters of…
Maxta
Maxta is an Early Bronze Age settlement and necropolis in the Sharur District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. The tell site (Maxta-I) covers approximately 0.78…
Nargiztapa
Nargiztapa is a Bronze Age settlement in the Mil plain of Azerbaijan's Khojavend Rayon, situated 5 km east of Khojavend near the Khanashenchay River. Archaeological excavations…
Osmantəpə
An early Neolithic settlement near Kuku village in the Shahbuz district of Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, situated at approximately 2,400 metres above sea level on…
Ovçular Tepesi
Ovçular Tepesi is an ancient settlement located at the northern end of Dizə, Sharur village in Sharur District of Azerbaijan, on the left bank of Arpa. The monument is located on…
Qalagah
A 1st or 2nd century-related settlement with an area of ca. 30 ha and a cemetery are near Qalagah. In 1899 a silver plate (24 cm in diameter) was also accidentally found during…
Sadarak
Sadarak is an archaeological settlement in the Sadarak District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan, dating to 4500-3000 BC. The site features Sederek cave, Bronze Age…
Tigranakert of Artsakh
Tigranakert of Artsakh is a ruined Armenian city dating to the Hellenistic period, located in the Aghdam District of present-day Azerbaijan. It was founded during the reign of…
Uçan ağıl
Ucan agil is a Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age campsite near Sirab village in the Babek district of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, at 1,200 m elevation. Excavated by an…
Uzerliktapa
Uzerliktapa (Uzerliktepe) is one of the largest Middle Bronze Age settlements in the South Caucasus, located near Aghdam, Azerbaijan. Dating to the first half and middle of the…
Uzun oba
Uzun Oba is an archaeological excavation site in Azerbaijan. It is located on the right bank of the Nakhchivançay near the village of Aşağı Uzunoba in the Babək district. The site…
Xələc, Nakhchivan
Xələc is a prehistoric settlement in Sharur District, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, located near Khalaj Mount on the Aras River bank. The modern village lies 8 km northwest of the…
Cave Structures in Azerbaijan (7)
Allar Cave
Allar Cave is an archaeological site and Middle Paleolithic human settlement. The cave is situated on the left bank of the Vilesh River, in Allar village, Yardymli Rayon,…
Azykh Cave
Azykh Cave, also referred to as Azokh Cave, is a six-cave complex in Azerbaijan, known as a habitation site of prehistoric humans. It is situated near the village of Azykh in the…
Buzeyir Cave
Buzeyir Cave is an archaeological site and Paleolithic place of human habitation. The cave was discovered in 1985, during an archaeological expedition in the Lankaran, Lerik, and…
Damjili Cave
Damjili cave is the biggest cave among Avey Mountain caves. The front side of the cave has been destroyed as the result of floods over the years. The site is situated in the…
Gazma Cave
Gazma Cave is a Paleolithic dwelling site discovered between Ordubad and Sharur districts in 1983. Gazma Cave is located 3 km northeast of Tananam village, 1450 m above the sea…
Taghlar Cave
The Taghlar cave is an archaeological site that was inhabited by prehistoric humans of the Mousterian culture during the Paleolithic. The cave is located in Azerbaijan, in the…
Zar Cave
Zar cave is an archaeological site of prehistoric human habitation during the Upper Paleolithic. It is located in the southern part of Zar village, in Kalbajar District,…
Necropolis/tombs complex in Azerbaijan (4)
Ağbulaq Necropolis
The Ağbulaq necropolis is an archeological site of antiquity located in the territory of Shahbuz district of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Novruzlu Ə.İ. and Bakhshaliyev V.B. conducted…
Axura Nekropolises
An Iron Age necropolis complex at the eastern end of Axura village in Azerbaijan's Sharur district. The surviving area of Necropolis I measures 150 x 100 m, though part was washed…
Mərdangöl Necropolis
(9th–8th c. BC) Mərdangöl Necropolis is an ancient burial complex in Kharabagilan, Ordubad, Nakhchivan. Grave monument structures resemble the Khalikeshan necropolis in Orduban…
Nakhchivan Necropolises
The Nakhchivan necropolis is an archeological site of the Bronze Age on the northern outskirts of Nakhchivan city. The monument was accidentally discovered in 1968 when earth…
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