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.
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]