New data on the connections of ancient settlers of Nakhchivan with the Near East

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Archaeological sites identified by studies of 2010–2021 on the territory of Nakhchivan made it possible to supply the gap between the Late Neolithic and Eneolithic Chalcolithic periods. The presence of ancient Eastern features – Halaf and Obeid ones – is noted in the materials of Nakhchivan Tepe, Uçan-Ağıl, Bulovkaya and Uzunoba. It can be assumed that the settlements of Nakhchivan Tepe and Bulovkaya were strongholds or colonies of newcomers – bearers of Middle Eastern cultural traditions.

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Veli Bakhshaliyev

Nakhchivan Branch of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan

Author for correspondence.
Email: velibahshaliyev@mail.ru
Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan

Catherine Marro

French National Centre for Scientific Research

Email: catherine.marro@mom.fr
France, Paris

Remi Berthon

National Museum of Natural History

Email: remi.berthon@mnhn.fr
France, Paris

Marie Orange

University of Bordeaux

Email: marie.orange@u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr
France, Bordeaux

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2. Fig. 1. The location of the settlements of Chalcolithic period of Nakhchivan

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3. Fig. 2. Plans and sections of excavations at the Nakhchivan Tepe settlement

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4. Fig. 3. Bowls: 1, 8 – Nakhchivan Tepe; 2–7 – Bulovkaya

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5. Fig. 4. Painted ceramics from the settlement of Bulovkaya

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6. Fig. 5. Painted ceramics from the settlement of Nakhchivan Tepe

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7. Fig. 6. Painted ceramics from the settlements of Uçan Ağıl (1–6) аnd Uzunoba (7, 8)

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8. Fig. 7. Results of zoological analyses from the settlement of Nakhchivan Tepe (preliminary data provided by Rémi Berthon and Olumide Ojediran)

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9. Fig. 8. Results of zoological analyses from the settlement of Uçan Ağıl (preliminary data provided by Rémi Berthon and Delphine Decruyenaere) (А) and analyses of obsidian from the settlement of Nakhchivan Tepe (by Marie Orange) (Б)

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