Azerbaijan National Academy of Science

"Shabran archaeological expedition" of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of ANAS has completed the archaeological excavations in the complex of monuments in the village Chaggalygtepe Aygunlu in Shabran region. Currently, the process of developing a desk of archaeological material found during the excavation.

Reported about, head of "Shabran archaeological expedition" Safar Ashurov and said that, as a result of primary research in the ancient settlement were revealed differential features of the monuments of the Kura-Araz culture. For the first time architectural features of the Early Bronze Age were found in Chaggallygtepe monuments in the territory of Azerbaijan. The first stage is characterized by drilling homes, the second stage - round houses built from raw clay bricks, the third stage - the houses with a clay foundation and light wooden floors, the fourth stage - round houses with a stone foundation.

Along with agriculture and cattle breeding population was engaged in hunting. Proof of this are the arrowheads from flint and bone, as well as deer bones found among the osteological remains.

Initial studies show that the monuments related to the end of IV - beginning of III millennium BC and occupy a special place among relating to this period other monuments north-eastern regions of Azerbaijan and Dagestan.

The most important result of the research was to identify in Chaggalytepe clay object, which is referred to in the literature as "tokin". Such things were first discovered in the ancient village Makhta, located in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.

Clay objects shaped pearl used in the Near East until the end of the IV millennium BC as a unit. At a later stage they were replaced cuneiform. Identification of these items shows that starting from the end of IV millennium BC Early Bronze Age society governed from an administrative point of view. This finding confirms that the traditions of statehood in addition to the Nakhchivan region have 5,000 years of history in the north-eastern regions of Azerbaijan.

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