ABISHABAD JAR GRAVES NECROPOLIS

Abstract

In the recent years, large-scale archeological research have been conducted in the direction of archeological research of south-eastern Azerbaijan monuments. In this regard, archaeological research, on the territory of Jalilabad region, hold a special place. During the last ten years, dozens of new monuments, reflecting different periods of history, have been discovered in Jalilabad region. Initial archaeological excavations have been conducted in the most of these monuments, mainly consisting of residential sites and graves. Graves hold a special place among the Jalilabad monuments. Soil graves, catacombs, jar graves and other grave types, which allow to study burial traditions from the Chalcolithic period until the last middele ages, were studied here. Jar graves hold a special place among the graves. The spreading area of this type graves is also very wide. Jar garves have been discovered in almost all the settlements, when the archaeological map of the Jalilabad district was prepared. One of the studied monuments is Abishabad jar graves necropolis, which was studied in the area of Abishabad village. The article is devoted to the burial tradition in the large-sized jars, discovered in the Abishabad necropolis. The special features of the graves, their spreading area, the similarities and differences among the graves studied other regions of Azerbaijan, the classification of graves equipments and etc. have been investigated in the article.