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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Goztala settlement burial moundsCountry: Azerbaijan
NOTE: This site is 8.668 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Baku Nearest Village: Gazamalar
Latitude: 40.395300N Longitude: 49.882200E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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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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