Archaeological Sites in Azerbaijan
Ağbulaq Necropolis
A Bronze-Iron Age necropolis in the Shahbuz district of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, discovered accidentally during agricultural work when a tractor destroyed one of the jar graves [1]. Two graves were…
Alikomektepe
Alikomektepe is a Chalcolithic settlement dating to c. 5000 BC, located on the Incechay river near Uchtepe village in the Jalilabad District of Azerbaijan. Its early levels belong to the…
Allar Cave
Allar Cave is an archaeological site dating to 500 BC–1 AD, located in Allar village, Yardymli Rayon, Azerbaijan. Situated on the left bank of the Vilesh River at an altitude of 1,500 metres (4,900…
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 away by Axurachay…
Azykh Cave
A six-cave complex near Azykh village in Azerbaijan, discovered in 1960 by Mammadali Huseynov. The site contains 10 cultural layers spanning over a million years, with the oldest dated to ~1.19…
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 cultural layers:…
Besh Barmag Mountain
Besh Barmag ("Five Fingers") is a 382-metre solid-rock mountain in the Siazan District of Azerbaijan overlooking the Caspian Sea and the Baku-Quba Highway. One of the most famous mountains in the…
Bülövqaya
Bulovqaya (Bulovkaya) is a Chalcolithic settlement on the left bank of the Sarisu river near Goynuk village in the Babek district of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, dating to the 5th millennium BC. Ceramics…
Buzeyir Cave
Buzeyir Cave is a Paleolithic archaeological site on the left bank of the Zuvandchay River atop Delikli-Dash Mountain at 1,640 m elevation in Lerik Rayon, Azerbaijan. Discovered in 1985 by A. Jafarov…
Damjili Cave
Damjili Cave is a half-circular shaped archaeological site in Azerbaijan, where evidence of prehistoric human presence during the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods was discovered [1].
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. Covering about 10 hectares, the…
Ərəbyengicə
An ancient settlement in the Sharur District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan, situated about 200 meters north of the Araz River on the left bank of the Arpachay. Dating to the…
Gamigaya Petroglyphs
Rock art site dating to the 4th-1st millennia BC on Gapijiq peak (3,907 m) in the Lesser Caucasus near Ordubad, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Thousands of petroglyphs depict deer, goats, bulls, leopards,…
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 archaeologist Gudrat Ismayilov…
Gazma Cave
A Middle Paleolithic dwelling site in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, discovered in 1983 during an expedition led by M.M. Huseynov and A.G. Jafarov. Located 3km northeast of Tananam…
Gobustan Rock Art
Gobustan Rock Art features thousands of petroglyphs depicting prehistoric life, including hunting scenes with lance-bearers, ritual dances, animal figures, bullfighting, camel caravans, and celestial…
Govurqala, Ağdam
Govurqala (Gyafurkala) is an archaeological site in Azerbaijan dating to the 3rd-10th centuries AD, located in Boyahmadly village. The site includes a fortified town (gorodishche) and necropolis. The…
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 left bank of the Araks…
Govurqala, Shaki
Govurqala is a name shared by four archaeological sites in Azerbaijan, located in Shaki [1].
Goytepe Archaeological Complex
Goytepe is a Neolithic archaeological complex in Azerbaijan's Tovuz District, affiliated with the Shulaveri-Shomu culture [1]. It represents the largest settlement of the early Neolithic period in…
Kultepe-2
Kultepe-2 is an Early and Middle Bronze Age settlement in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, located about 1.5 km north of the related Kultepe-1 site on the west bank of the Nakhchivanchay River. The site spans…
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 accumulated cultural…
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 hectares and stands…
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 district[1].…
Nakhchivan Necropolises
The Nakhchivan necropolises are Bronze Age burial grounds on the northern outskirts of Nakhchivan city, Azerbaijan, accidentally discovered in 1968 during farm work. Dating to the 17th-15th centuries…
Nakhchivan Rock Signs
The Nakhchivan Rock Signs were discovered in 2016 at Agsal, between the villages of Erefse and Milax in the Culfa (Julfa) region of Azerbaijan. Three rock signs were found featuring drainage channels…
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 uncovered ceramics and…
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 the edge of the…
Ovçular Tepesi
Ovçular Tepesi is a prehistoric archaeological site located in Azerbaijan's Sharur District, at the northern end of Dizə village on the left bank of the Arpa River. This ancient settlement dates from…
Qalagah
Qalagah is a village in the Ismailli Rayon of Azerbaijan with an associated 1st-2nd century AD settlement covering approximately 30 hectares and an adjacent cemetery. In 1899, a silver plate 24 cm in…
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 burial monuments, and…
Soyuqbulaq, Agstafa
Soyuqbulaq is a village in Agstafa Rayon, Azerbaijan, where in 2006 a French-Azerbaijani team discovered nine kurgans dating to the beginning of the 4th millennium BC, making it the oldest kurgan…
Taghlar Cave
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…
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[1]. It was founded during the reign of Tigranes the…
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 from 2015 to 2017 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 2nd millennium BC, its…
Uzun oba
Uzun Oba is an archaeological site on the right bank of the Nakhchivanchay near Ashagi Uzunoba village in the Babek district of Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan region. Investigated during joint…
Xələc, Nakhchivan
Xələc is a prehistoric settlement in Sharur District, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, located near Khalaj Mount on the Aras River bank [1]. The modern village has 1,268 residents and lies 8 km northwest of…
Zar Cave
Zar Cave is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological site in the southern part of Zar village, Kalbajar District, Azerbaijan. During excavations from 1981 to 1987, prehistoric cave paintings were…