3,000 year-old burial tombs discovered in Yardimli
The Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences has begun an archaeological investigation of the new burial monuments of the latest stage of the Bronze Age near the Arvana village of the Yardimli region, at the height of 2,100 meters above sea level.
The head of the expedition, Anar Agalarzada said that during the excavation of the one of the chrome-shaped burial monument, broken human skeleton was found. This type of burial was one of the characteristic traditions of latest stages of Bronze Age.
One piece of the gray-black ceramic fragment found on the human skeleton allows us to say that the burial monument belongs to the last Bronze Age.
“But more exact history will be known after the radiocarbon analysis, which will be conducted on bones. These archaeological finds are examples of rich material culture of the ancient period of Azerbaijan's history. The issue on settlements of the ancient tribal societies will be clarified as a result of complex archeological investigations that systematically conducted in the region”, the expert added.
This type of burial monument was found in the late 19th century by French archeologist Jacques de Morgan in the territory of Lerik region. At the same time, these types of burial monuments are wellknown in the Talysh mountainous area of Iran’s Gilan Province.
In 2017, burial monuments, stone box graves were found as a result of archeological investigation in the Saribulag and Chichekli plains in Yardimli region.
During archaeological excavations in the burial monuments, there were numerous pottery fragments, labor tools, quarries and animal bones. These monuments are characteristic of the last Bronze - First Iron Age as well as.
There are two types of burial monuments in the area covered with stone coatings and surrounding chrome plated, and burial chambers were stone boxes. All this diversity in the region is very important fact to observe the spiritual culture and burial customs of the semi-nomadic lifestyle in the end of the second millennium - the beginning of the first millennium (the last bronze-first Iron Age).