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Köçvəlili
Köçvəlili (also, Kechvelli, Köçvəlli, and Kochvelili) is a village and municipality in the Agstafa Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,792. The municipality consists of the villages of Köçvəlili, Soyuqbulaq, Agstafa, Soyuqbulaq, Qarayazı, Agstafa, Qarayazı, Həzi Aslanov, Azerbaijan, Həzi Aslanov, and Soyuqbulaqlar. References * Populated places in Aghstafa District {{Agstafa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soyuqbulaq, Agstafa
Soyuqbulaq (also, Soyuq Bulaq) is a village in the Agstafa Rayon of Azerbaijan. It forms part of the municipality of Köçvəlili. In 2006, a French–Azerbaijani team discovered nine kurgans at the cemetery of Soyuqbulaq. They were dated to the beginning of the fourth millennium BC, which makes it the oldest kurgan cemetery in Transcaucasia. Similar kurgans have been found at Kavtiskhevi, Kaspi Municipality, in central Georgia. Several other archaeological sites seem to belong to the same ancient cultural tradition as Soyuq Bulaq. They include Berikldeebi, Kavtiskhevi, Leilatepe, Boyuk Kesik, and Poylu, Agstafa, and are characterized by pottery assemblages "mainly or totally in the North Mesopotamian tradition". Discoveries The numerous artifacts discovered at these sites have shed light on the material and spiritual culture of this ancient people during the late Eneolithic period. Amongst the finds are stone and bone tools, metal objects, and a huge cache of clay vessels. There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |