Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

Corresponding member of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Ideal Hamid oglu Narimanov was born on January 7, 1927 in Aghdam. In 1944 he entered the Faculty of History of Baku State University. Three years later he continued his education at the Faculty of History of Leningrad State University (St. Petersburg) and graduated in 1950.

In 1951, he defended his thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy on the subject "Archaeological Monuments of Ganjachay Region" at the Institute of Material Culture History of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. In 1953, Kuybyshev participated in the archeological expeditions of the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, in the North Caucasus in 1955, and in 1953 of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. In 1982 he defended his doctoral dissertation on the theme: "Culture of ancient population of agriculture of Azerbaijan" at the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia. He was the head of the Department of Eneolithic and Early Bronze Archeology of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan.

In 2001, Narimanov was elected a corresponding member of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.

I.Narimanov discovered the archaeological culture of Shomutapa during the excavation of the Shomutapa Neolithic period (VI millennium BC) in the territory of Aghstafa region in 1960-1964.

I.Narimanov worked in the Soviet expedition, carrying out archeological excavations in Iraq in 1973-1979.

I.Narimanov discovered archaeological culture in Leylatapa during the excavations of the Leylatapa eneolith period (the first half of the 4th millennium BC) in the territory of Aghdam region in 1983-1985.

The archeological cultures identified by I.Narimanov were the first scientific discoveries of all the Caucasus periods. Only after these discoveries were found similar monuments of these cultures in the neighboring countries of the Caucasus.

He is the author of more than 100 scientific articles and 5 monographs. Under his guidance 9 doctors of philosophy and 2 doctors of sciences were trained.

Corresponding member of ANAS Ideal Narimanov died on November 24, 2006 in Baku.