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<< Text Pages >> Goztala settlement burial mounds - Barrow Cemetery in Azerbaijan

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Goztala settlement burial mounds
Country: Azerbaijan Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Baku  Nearest Village: Gazamalar
Latitude: 40.395300N  Longitude: 49.882200E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
1
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Ancient stone structures found in Azerbaijan. Material monuments related to domestic and funeral traditions were found during archaeological digs in Balakan region.

"Though the second stage of digs is currently underway, we have already found a great many of evidences of richness of our history", the news service for the Baku Department of Culture and Tourism said.

According to historians, the history of funeral objects can be observed in the burial mounds in Goztala settlement of Gazamalar village. Graves, stone structures, walls related to the period of Caucasian Albania were found in the result of archaeological digs. The ceramic objects feature the skills of the third and fifth centuries.

Archaeological digs on the area continue.
Source, with a photo: News.az

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