As a result of archaeological researches on the
territories of the Azerbaijan Republic samples of material
culture concerning to Ashel
culture have been found on
4-
th and 5-th layers of Azikh palaeolithic parking Orta
Shurtan of Kelbajar area. Alongside with in the territory of
Lerik area and the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic
instruments of work the Ashel culture made of
separate river
stones have been noticed.
The richest samples of Ahel culture in the territory of
Azerbaijan have been found out on 6-th and 5-th layers of
Azikh cave; more than 4 thousand stone products and more
than 50 thousand bones of animals extracted on hunting.
Wealth of samples of material culture found in Ashel layer of
Azikh parking testify to long residing ancient people here.
Alongside with above mentioned, remains of Mustyer
material culture, the top palaeolith, mezolith, neolith,
eneolith, bronze and other archaeological periods found on
the territory of Azerbaijan are in detail described also in work
of the author.
In the book «The First Inhabitants of Azerbaijan»
Asadulla Jafarov also has presented data on archaeological
finds of palaeolithic parking of France - Vallon, Sentashel,
Gararet, the Bon-Bon, Condel Arago, East Africa - Oldway,
Koobi-For, Turkane, Omo, etc.
Wide reflection of archaeological researches carried out
on the territory of Garabakh is shown in the work. At the
same time on the basis of archaeological and historical
sources are subjected to criticism of attempt of falsification
of history of Azerbaijan.
The place and analogy of palaeolithic parking of
Azerbaijan among monuments of Caucasus and the Near
East are determined in the work. In a counterbalance to
representations of separate scientists about interrelation of
the New-Eastern monuments and the Central Asian
monuments it
is established that instru
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ments of work found in Taglar have distributions to Iran and
Iraq and, that Taglar Mustyer parking is the basic
monument
in the Near East.
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