Soyuqbulaq, Agstafa
| Soyuqbulaq | |
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 Soyuqbulaq
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| Coordinates: 41°19′22″N 45°15′54″E / 41.32278°N 45.26500°E | |
| Country |
 Azerbaijan
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| Rayon | Agstafa |
| Municipality | Köçvəlili |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | AZT (UTC+5) |
Coordinates: 41°19′22″N 45°15′54″E / 41.32278°N 45.26500°E
Soyuqbulaq (also, Soyuq Bulaq) is a village in the Agstafa Rayon of Azerbaijan. It forms part of the municipality of Köçvəlili.
In 2006, a French–Azerbaijani team discovered nine kurgans at the cemetery of Soyuqbulaq. They were dated to the beginning of the fourth millennium BC, which makes it the oldest kurgan cemetery in Transcaucasia. Similar kurgans have been found at Kavtiskhevi, Kaspi Municipality, in central Georgia.
Several other archaeological sites seem to belong to the same ancient cultural tradition as Soyuq Bulaq. They include Berikldeebi, Kavtiskhevi, Leilatepe, Boyuk Kesik, and Poylu, Agstafa, and are characterized by pottery assemblages "mainly or totally in the North Mesopotamian tradition".
The numerous artifacts discovered at these sites have shed light on the material and spiritual culture of this ancient people during the late Eneolithic period. Amongst the finds are stone and bone tools, metal objects, and a huge cache of clay vessels. There are also anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines made of clay or bone. Grain residues were also excavated.
The residents kept cattle and other domesticated animals in these settlements.
Most of these sites are associated with the Leilatepe archeological culture of the first half of the fourth millennium BCE. It is believed that this was the result of the migration of near-eastern tribes from Mesopotamia to South Caucasus, especially to Azerbaijan.
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