Tağlar Cave
Tağlar mağarası | |
Location | Böyük Tağlar village, Khojavend Rayon, Azerbaijan. |
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Taghlar cave (Azerbaijani: Tağlar mağarası) – is a cave, where habituated a human of the Stone Age (Mousterian epoch).[1] The cave is located in Azerbaijan, in the southern part of Böyük Tağlar village, on the left shore of the Guruchay River.[2][3][4]
Beginning from 1963, archeological excavations had been carried out in the cave and more than 7 thousand of stone tools and more than 2 thousand animal bones were found out. A potter of the Middle, Bronze and Copper Ages were found out after the first layer.[5] Patterns of Mousterian culture had been found out between the 2nd and 6th layers. Numerous work-pieces for making tools, red, black, brown, grey, white and other colors had been found out in inventory of the cave. The cave was excavated by M.M.Huseynov.[1]
References
- 1 2 Павел Иосифович Борисковский. (1979). Древнейшее прошлое человечества. Saint Petersburg: Наука. p. 131.
- ↑ "Таглар на советской карте".
- ↑ Таглар на советской карте
- ↑ "Tağlar mağarası".
- ↑ "Первобытнообщинный строй на территории Азербайджана". azerbembassy.org.
Literature
- Azərbaycan Tarixi (7 cilddə). Bakı: Elm, 1998, 1-ci cild
- А. К. Джафаров. Мустьерская культура Азербайджана: по материалам Тагларской пещеры. — «Элм», 1983. — 96 с.
Coordinates: 39°36′18″N 46°57′54″E / 39.6049°N 46.9649°E