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Survey

In July-August 2006, we joined Veli Baxshaliyev, who has initiated a survey of all of Naxicivan, in order to survey Sharur Rayon.  We focused on surveying the Arpacay, one of the major tributaries of the Araxes river, and its tributary, the Kabaxlycay.  Given the limited amount of time we had at our disposal we were not able to initiate a walking survey as we had originally planned.  However, given the lack of published survey data for Naxcivan, a more extensive survey will provide a framework for a later, more intensive survey that we hope to initiate in summer 2007 or 2008.  Instead we visited and collected material from all known sites, investigated tepes visible on CORONA imagery, and used local informants to locate other sites-- including the new fortress of Qizqala II (2).    We also uncovered several sherd and lithic scatters when walking between known sites.  We recorded the perimeter of each of our collection areas using a hand-held GPS receiver.  The analysis of the survey is still ongoing—but the following maps give a very rough idea of settlement pattern changes over roughly 7000 years-- from the Eneolithic to the Medieval period.

Number
Site Name
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Eneolithic

K/A
Transitional

Kura Araxes
Middle Bronze
Age
Late Bronze Age
Early Iron Age
Late Iron Age
Classical
Medieval
Site
Type

1
Qizqala
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X
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X
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X
Fort
2
Qizqala 2
   
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X
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Fort
3
P002
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X
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Camp
4
Near QQ
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X
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Settlement?
5
Karasuqala
   
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X
X
X
X
Fort
6
Yayci Nekropolu
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X
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Cemetary
7
Road from Derekend
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X
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Cemetary
8
Oglanqala
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X
X
X
X
Fort
9
Axura
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X
Settlement
10
Hadiqaib
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Settlement and Cemetary
11
Axura Nekropolu
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X
X
Cemetary
12
Axura Settlement
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X
Settlement
13
Koshatepe
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X
X
Tell
14
Agvantepe
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X
X
Tell
15
Irincoy
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X
Settlement
16
Irincoy North
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X
Settlement
17
Irincoy 2
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X
Settlement
18
Shahbuluq Nekropulu
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X
Cemetary
19
Sarilar
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X
Settlement
20
Dayirmanqayasi
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X
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Tell
21
Agbucaqtepe
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X
X
Tell
22
Agbucaq Nekropolu
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X
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Cemetary
23
Axura Kultepesi
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X
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Tell
24
Hamzalitepesi
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X
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Tell
25
Aratepe
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X
Tell
26
"Pho" Tepe
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Tell
27
Ovculartepesi
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X
X
X
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Tell
28
Dizetepe
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X
Tell
29
East of Diz2
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No
30
Yayci Tepe
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X
Tell
31
Qarabulaq Nekropolu
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X
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Cemetary
32
Shortepe
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X
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Tell
33
Ibadulla Nekropolu
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X
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Cemetary
34
Arabyengica
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X
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Settlement
35
Qarahasanli
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X
.Settlement
36
Xalac
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X
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X
X
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X
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Settlement.
37
Yeyce
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X
Settlement.
38
Asagi Dasarx
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X
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X
Tell
39
Piri Suleyman
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X
Settlement
40
Maxta 1
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X
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Tell
41
Shahtaxti
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X
X
X
X
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Tell
42
Qarabaglar
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X
Settlement
43
Qalaciq
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X
X
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Fort
44
Kilali Tepe
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X
X
X
X
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Tell
45
Kilali Tepe 2
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X
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Tell

 

All material copyright © 2007, Lauren Ristvet, Georgia State University. Email Dr.Ristvet at lristvet@gsu.edu