The Khojaly-Gadabay culture ( az, Xocalı-Gədəbəy mədəniyyəti), also known as the Ganja-Karabakh culture ( az, Gəncə-Qarabağ mədəniyyəti) is an
archaeological culture
An archaeological culture is a recurring assemblage of types of artifacts, buildings and monuments from a specific period and region that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society. The connection between thes ...
of the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (roughly 13th to 7th centuries BC) in the
Karabakh region of
Transcaucasia. The eponymous sites are at
Khojaly,
Gadabay and
Ganja
Ganja (, ; ) is one of the oldest and most commonly used synonyms for marijuana. Its usage in English dates to before 1689.
Etymology
''Ganja'' is borrowed from Hindi/Urdu ( hi, गांजा, links=no, ur, , links=no, IPA: aːɲd ...
in
Azerbaijan.
It was excavated by
Soviet archaeologists
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beginning in the 1920s.
[ Great Soviet Encyclopedia vol 46 (1957)]
p. 256
It was described by
Boris Piotrovsky and other archaeologists specializing in the prehistory of Transcaucasia during the 1930s to 1970s.
Gallery
Khojaly burial grounds discovered in 1895 by E. Resler. Hermitage Museum">
Bowl and bird-shaped pendant from Khojaly in Hermitage.JPG, Bowl (clay, painted green and yellow) and bird-shaped pendant (bronze)
Necklace from Khojaly in Hermitage.JPG, Necklace (agate, carnelian, paste)
Bead from Khojaly in Hermitage.jpg, Bead (agate). Cuneiform inscription of the Assyrian King Adad-nirari II (911-891 BC): "Palace of Adadnirari, king of the world".
References
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1920s archaeological discoveries
Archaeological cultures of the Caucasus
Archaeological cultures of West Asia
Bronze Age cultures of Asia
Iron Age cultures of Asia
Archaeological cultures in Azerbaijan
Prehistoric Azerbaijan