Uzun oba

Uzun oba
Elmar Baxşəliyev · CC BY-SA 4.0

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 Azerbaijan-France excavations in 2015 led by Vali Bakhshaliyev and Catherine Marro, the site revealed cultural layers 2 to 5 metres deep dating to the 5th millennium BC. The excavations uncovered stratified settlement remains providing evidence of early agricultural communities in the South Caucasus.

TypeCity/town/settlement
Period< 4500 BC
CountryAzerbaijan
Coordinates39.2748° N, 45.4397° E

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