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ments in their form testify existence of rich art traditions of past and their
perfection being at times enriched with new tinges there.
One of necessary factors of development of handicraft was presence of rich
resources of raw material. For instance, cattle and a flock of ship breeded by
population of nation witnessed abundance of woolen, and skin and hide products,
while they in turn told weaving, leather-dressing, saddle-making and alike vocation
fields had no problem with provision of cheap and qualitative raw material.
Masons and people engaged in stone engraving had no raw material
problem. Carts of a horse, bull and bullocks carried stone and sand from Agsu and
Girdiman Rivers round the clock. Mine stones of relatively light content were
mostly brought from deposits around Mat. Existence of therewith limestone
resources in the areas of Gara-maryam bloc, Haftaran and Langabiz plateau with
tectonic sections can not be excluded. It is supposed medieval masters were aware
of stone deposits in nearby areas and used those resources.
Raw material resources of potter masters were not far, i.e. the areas around
Agsu had almost clay resources useful for pottery products in every part of it.
Those deposits are now widely used by local residents for
the purpose of laying a
clay oven and bun ing a hotbed. Rich and high-quality ceramic products found
from the town area showed enough broad representation of pottery there. It is true
that a great part of findings contained of pottery plates gives information about
decline in ceramics production. It mostly concerns unglazed plates. Hastiness and
perfunctory observed in preparation and concoct of samples of this kind
immediately drew attention as compared with materials of former period. But it
can not touch these samples. On the contrary, samples produced in a level of the
highest technologcial demands existed there. We can therein note glazed plates of
bowl and plate type were represented sufficiently wide in standards of urban
population. Clay of those samples was cleansed attentively from different
mixtures; grout was well muddled; the product was prepared with high
professionalism in potter machine-tool; it decorated with ornaments specific for the
period;
it glazed accurately, finally qualitatively concocted.
Dyer profession was particularly vast spred in Agsu. It was unconditionally
connected with plenty of local raw-material resources. Sufficient expansion of silk
production, weaving and carpet-making in Agsu and surrounded areas was
stimulus for increase of demand to various-type paint substances, the demand
which was satisfied by dyer masters of Agsu. Along with chemical blends, plants
of pigment composition were also used in obtain and preparation of painting
substances. Mountains and fields of Agsu were enriched with such kind of plants.
All these substantiate saying that Agsu town had specific place and role
amono XVIII Azerbaijani towns. Agsu being an epicentre of military political
intrigue and conflicts occured constantly in Shirvan in II half of XVIII century was
one of the largest purchase centres of the zone. Agsu was also one of terminus