Poylu is a village and municipality in the
Aghstafa District
Aghstafa District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. Located in the northwest of the country, it belongs to the Gazakh-Tovuz Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Qazakh, Tovuz, as well as the Kakheti and Kvemo Kartl ...
of
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...
. It has a population of 4,302. The municipality consists of the villages of Poylu and
Şəkərli, and second village called
Poylu.
The place where the village is has been part of the georgian kingdom of Kartli. Between the years 1919-1920 the municipality of Poylu was part of the Democratic republic of Georgia.
Archaeology
The ancient Poylu II Settlement was discovered during the construction of the
Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline
The Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is a long crude oil pipeline from the Azeri–Chirag–Gunashli oil field in the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. It connects Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan and Ceyhan, a port on the south-easte ...
.
Excavations revealed several occupational phases. The lowermost layer shows a late Eneolithic period of domestic occupation, dating to the early fourth millennium BC. A multilayer settlement of
Leylatepe culture is attested. The Leylatepe deposits start at the natural soil layer. A small amount of
Kura–Araxes culture
The Kura–Araxes culture (also named ''Kur–Araz culture, Mtkvari–Araxes culture, Early Transcaucasian culture, Shengavitian culture'') was an archaeological culture that existed from about 4000 BC until about 2000 BC, which has traditionally ...
material was also recorded at the depth of between 70 cm and 110 cm. Yet no clearly defined cultural layer is formed by these deposits.
[Najaf Museyibli]
Poylu II Report On Excavations of Poylu II Settlement At Kilometre Point 408.8 of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
Baku – Azerbaijan, 2008
See also
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Galayeri Galayeri is an important archaeological site of the Chalcolithic era located in the Qabala District of Azerbaijan. It belongs to the Leyla-Tepe culture.
The site was first investigated in 2012 by archaeologist N. Museibli. The monument takes about ...
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Böyük Kəsik
Böyük Kəsik (formerly, V.İ.Lenin) is a village and municipality in the Aghstafa District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,791.
Archaeology
An important Chalcolithic archaeological site is located near the village. It is known as Boy ...
References
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Populated places in Aghstafa District
Leyla-Tepe culture
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