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Multi-periodSite Name: Tatarly Stone Age settlementCountry: Azerbaijan
NOTE: This site is 94.723 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Tatarly
Latitude: 40.815670N Longitude: 45.770240E
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 |
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Settlements of the Stone Age have been found in Tatarly village in Geranboy province, Azerbaijan. The main factors proving that the area is ancient are human burial places and stone objects. The revealed samples are in the Regional Museum of History and Land Study.
Officials of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan have resumed archeological digs in the Tatarly village of Geranboy. They revealed many interesting material and cultural elements. The objects found during the digs showed once again that they are 5000 years of age. In particular, the stone objects provides information about the level of people of that period.
In addition, this area is proven to be ancient by human burial places of the Stone age. Specialists relate this to the crockery found in the graves.
Archaeologists hold digs in this area for already two years. The works have been completed at at area of 4 hectares. The completion of research in this area is expected in the next two months.
Source: News.az
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