Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

Since August 2016, the Azerbaijani-Japanese archaeological expedition with the participation of the staff of ANAS Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, PhDs on the history of Mansur Mansurov and Azad Zeynalov has been functioning in the ancient settlements of Damjili and Yatagery, located on the territory of the Gazakh region.

The main problem investigated by the Azerbaijani-Japanese expedition is the tracking of the stage of the emergence of a society based on the production economy in the South Caucasus.

For the purpose of research around the Damcili settlement dating back to the Paleolithic period, prospecting holes have been drilled and 9 exploratory ditches dug. In the VII and VIII exploration sites (east of the source Damjily), early artifacts were encountered. As a result of the excavations were found tools, made of hard gray stones intended for breeding a fire, as well as fires and remains of fauna dating back to the Neolithic Age.

A narrow pit and water leakage from the depths of the rocks in the neolithic layer prevented deep digging and reaching more ancient cultural layers. At the same time, it was possible to identify remnants of structures from river stones and production facilities, etc. In addition, discoveries dating to the Upper Paleolithic and Moustier periods were discovered. Archaeologists have discovered a hook designed for fishing, made of volcanic glass-obsidian.

Thus, the founder of the Azerbaijani paleotomed Mamedali Huseynov noted that materials related to the periods of Moustier, the Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and late Middle Ages were confirmed in new excavations in the stratigraphic structure.

In the monument, Damjili also managed to trace the transitional stages of archeology, covering the periods from the 80th millennium to the beginning of the 9th millennium.

Note that, the field research work with the participation of specialists from the University of Tokyo will continue in the summer of this year.

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