RESULTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE ENEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT BEYUK-KESIK I

Abstract

Late eneolithic settlement Beyuk-Kesik I is situated near the village in Akstafa region in Azerbaijan Republic about 438km from Baku-Tbilisi-Djehan oil-pipeline .Asoil-and gas-pipe lines were started to be laid in 2004-2005 there archaeological excavations have been carried out at this settlement by expedition of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of ANAS. At the result of the work great number of archaeological material of Leylatepe culture assigned to the first part of IV millennium B.C. are revealed at the excavated area. It was confirmed that some tribes of North Ubeid culture migrated to South Caucasus in that period. Later they moved to the north and took active part in formation of Maykop archaeological culture.