KARABAKH-LAND OF ANCIENT UNIQUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CULTURES OF THE CAUCASUS

Abstract

The ancient land of Azerbaijan, Karabakh, has gone through different stages from ancient 
times to modern times. Karabakh has a rich history, where the stages of primitive society, and the 
archaeological cultures of the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages have been consistently represented since 
the creation of prehistoric man. Karabakh archaeology, one of the urgent issues of Azerbaijani 
archaeology, is very important in this regard. Karabakh, the land of unique archaeological cultures 
such as Guruchay, Leylatapa, Kur- Araz, Goycha- Uzerlik, and Khojaly- Gadabay, is distinguished 
by the richness of archaeological monuments. Azykh and Taghlar caves, Bronze Age mounds, 
Uzerliktepe, Yedditepe, Goytapa, grave monuments of Khojaly-Gadabay culture, Albanian period 
settlements, grave monuments, Albanian temples, Islamic period monuments replace each other 
chronologically. The study of historical, archaeological, and architectural monuments in the land of 
ancient archaeological cultures- Karabakh, is always relevant as a priority of science.