Böyük Kəsik Explained

Böyük Kəsik
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:Rayon
Subdivision Name1:Aghstafa
Population Total:1791
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Utc Offset Dst:+5
Coordinates:41.3883°N 45.1894°W
Elevation M:268

Böyük Kəsik (formerly, V.İ.Lenin) is a village and municipality in the Aghstafa District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,791.

Archaeology

An important Chalcolithic archaeological site is located near the village. It is known as Boyuk Kesik (Beyuk Kesik), and it is connected with the Leyla-Tepe culture ceramics going back to 4400-3900 BC. According to Catherine Marro (2022), Böyük Kesik represented an earlier development of the Leyla-Tepe culture, similar to the contemporary pottery of Ovçular Tepesi, another Leyla Tepe site located in the Kura basin.[1]

Boyuk Kesik is located very close to Soyuqbulaq, Agstafa, another very important ancient site.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Marro . Catherine . The View from the North . Paléorient . OpenEdition . 48–1 . 2022-07-29 . 0153-9345 . 10.4000/paleorient.1675 . 111–130.
  2. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-the-Southern-Caucasus-Key-sites-mentioned-in-the-text-1-Kvatskhelebi-2_fig1_320161414 Boyuk Kesik (#4) among other archaeological sites on the map of Southern Caucasus during the Chalcolithic period.