Abstract
The article is devoted to the results of exploratory archaeological research in 2001-2002. in North-East Azerbaijan, incl. Khachmass-Cuban zone, within the framework of the IPARC project (The International Program for Anthropological Research in the Caucasus; project leader - Professor Wellesley College, USA F.L.Cole). Along with the study of the medieval Gilgilchay defensive system, an international expedition, in which Azerbaijani, Dagestani and American scientists participated, conducted an exploratory survey of 15 famous settlements of the Early Bronze Age. At one of the sites (Serkertepe), a deep exploration pit was laid, which gave a fundamentally new archaeological material. The first part of the article deals with the issues of the historiography of the archaeological study of this region of Azerbaijan, adjacent to Dagestan; provides an overview of exploration and monitoring of known Kuro-Arak settlements; outlines the prospects for their further scientific study. In the second part of the article, much attention will be paid to the characterization and analysis of the materials of the exploration pit at Serkertepe, and also a new concept of the historical, cultural and chronological interpretation of the Kuro-Arak monuments of Northeastern Azerbaijan in the framework of the Great Archaeological culture will be proposed.
Highlights
The earliest reports of prehistoric sites of the Early Bronze Age were in the Northeastern Caucasus during the 5th Archeological Congress in 1880 in Tiflis
Summing up the results of the archeological surveys on the famous sites of the Early Bronze Age of Northeastern Azerbaijan, it should be noted that they provided a lot of material, allowing us to compare the opinions of Azerbaijani colleagues about these monuments with the view of American and Russian researchers
The collections of finds obtained during the surveys mainly consist of numerous fragments of traditional Kura-Araxes ceramics, which are typologically and morphologically similar to Dagestan samples
Summary
The earliest reports of prehistoric sites of the Early Bronze Age were in the Northeastern Caucasus during the 5th Archeological Congress in 1880 in Tiflis. The work of the International Azerbaijan-Dagestan-American Expedition (ADA) in the 2001 season was of exploratory nature and lasted for one month During this time, the members of the expedition visited and visually examined 15 settlements – almost all the known sites of the Early Bronze Age of this region: Kuchumkhantepe, Boyuktepe I, II, Gevdeshantepe III, Gyafletepeleri I, II, Tepeyatagi, Filtrtepe, Gasankala, Mollaburkhantepe, Akhtytepe, Dashlytepe, Chakkalyktepe, Rustepe and Serkertepe. The settlement of Gevdishantepe[3] is one of the best survived sites of the Early Bronze Age in this part of Azerbaijan, which is partly due to its remoteness from people It is located 1 km to the south from the village of Kalajyk in the Qusar district, on a hill (Fig. 6-A) of an elongated sub-triangular shape
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