ABOUT THE SOME FUNERAL RITES OF ZAYAMCHAY BASIN`S INHABITANTS AT THE TIME OF FINAL BRONZE AND EARLY IRON

Abstract

In 2003 year in the territory of Shamkir region and in the right of Zayamchay river were investigated archeological excavations and almost these excavations rished Azerbaijan cultural material monuments. The majority of these graves that were investigated in this nechropole had not analogue in Azerbaijan and Caucasus to tally up to now. The main feature of these graves are funeral rites. The differently of funeral rites in the nechropole the showing of antiqual settlementer`s theologian world view. Specially skeletony graves, the putting of little river stones and obsidians to these graves. The burring of corpses with materials in the folded situation causes to great interest all archeologic materials were investigated from Zayamchay nechropole are belong to the Khocali-Gadabay culture in the secoud part of the second millennium and the before of the first millenni. And almost antique Azerbaijan tribes that were lived in Zayamchay basin has possessed some local burial traditions as be as in the other territories.