Bronze jewelry found in Nargizawa necropolis

Abstract

Metallurgy and metal-working have played an important role in the economic life of Caucasian Albania. Rich ore deposits in Azerbaijan have created favourable conditions for the development of metal-working ields. It has recently been discovered that one of the monuments of Caucasian Albania, detectedthe richest metal items is Nargizava necropolis. Nargizava necropolis exposed by Fariz Khalilli when he was a student of ASPU in 1998, and the materials uncovered by the villagers were accidentally handed over to the Azerbaijan National Museum of History and to Aghsu History and Ethnography Museum (4, p 31). In 2006, over 25 pitcher graves were discovered during the Oguz-Gabala-Baku water pipe. Archaeologists Shirzad Akhmedov and Akif Guliyev carried out an inspection work in the yards of land graves in 2008-2010, but later the territory didn’t expand and the work remained incomplete. New excavation started in 2018 by the corresponding member of ANAS Vali Aliyev, along with the study of the necropoliswill also allowdiscovering the ancient settlement. In this paper we’ll deliver the initial classiication of metal items found in Nargizawa necropolis. Metal items are mainly made of gold, silver, bronze and iron.