11
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Object and tasks of the survey .............................................................................................106
Financial support ....................................................................................................................107
Duration .................................................................................................................................107
Expedition staff .......................................................................................................................107
Ancient urban area ..............................................................................................................107
Researches on the 3
rd
excavation site .....................................................................................107
The findings ............................................................................................................................111
Researches on the 4
th
excavation site ....................................................................................115
Hamzali treasure ....................................................................................................................117
Storage of the findings ..........................................................................................................118
The archaeological excavation report of the Ancient site, Gabala, 2008
I.A.Babayev................................................................................................................138
Venue .....................................................................................................................................139
Object and tasks of the survey ................................................................................................139
Financial support ....................................................................................................................140
Duration ..................................................................................................................................141
Expedition staff ......................................................................................................................141
Ancient urban area ...............................................................................................................141
The 3
rd
excavation area ..........................................................................................................142
Archaeological excavations on the
Oghuz-Gabala-Baku water pipe line and description of the findings .....................................146
Storage of the findings ...........................................................................................................150
Storage of the findings ......................................................................................................150
Submission of the findings ......................................................................................................150
The archaeological excavation report of the Ancient site, Gabala, 2009
I.A.Babayev ...............................................................................................................162
Venue .....................................................................................................................................163
Object and tasks of the survey ...............................................................................................163
Financial support ....................................................................................................................163
Duration ..................................................................................................................................163
Expedition staff ......................................................................................................................164
The third excavation territory ...............................................................................................164
The fourth excavation territory .............................................................................................168
The Findings ...........................................................................................................................169
Antiquity tombs in the village of Tovla ...................................................................................176
Economic life of the town .......................................................................................................180
Storage of the findings ......................................................................................................181
Submission of the findings .....................................................................................................181
The Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages
settlements of Gabala: Selbir (1
st
-11
th
centuries) ...............................195
The archaeological excavation report of the Selbir site, Gabala, 2009
Yi Seonbok, Kim Jongil, Kwon Ohyoung, Seong Jeongyong, Yi Giseoung ...............196
Reports of the Gabala
Archaeological Expedition
2005-2010
Qəbələ Arxeoloji
Ekspedisiyasının Hesabatları
2005-2010
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I.
The main purpose of the excavation at Selbir, Gabala, 2009 .....................................197
Duration .................................................................................................................................197
Expedition staff ................................................................................................................197
II.
Methodologies ..............................................................................................................199
1.
Topographical measurement .....................................................................................199
2.
Re-excavation of the existing trench ...........................................................................200
2.1.
Excavation of a pit grave .............................................................................................201
3.
Excavation of trench ....................................................................................................201
3.1.
Trench N1W1 .............................................................................................................201
3.2.
Trench N1W2 ..............................................................................................................202
3.3.
Trench N1W3 ...............................................................................................................202
3.4.
Trench N1W4 ...............................................................................................................203
3.5.
Trench N1W5 ..............................................................................................................203
3.6.
Trench N1E5 ..............................................................................................................204
3.7.
Trench N5E1 ..............................................................................................................204
3.8.
Trench S10W1 ............................................................................................................205
4.
Earthen wall ................................................................................................................205
5.
Material findings .........................................................................................................206
6.
The results of the 2009 excavation ............................................................................207
7.
Final remarks .............................................................................................................208
Submission of the findings ....................................................................................................209
The archaeological excavation report of the Selbir site, Gabala, 2010
I.A.Babayev, J.T.Eminli ..............................................................................................225
Object of the survey: the Selbir ancient settlement and its defensive ramparts ...................226
Expedition staff ......................................................................................................................226
Financial support ....................................................................................................................228
Brief information on the object of the excavations and surveys .............................................228
The excavation sites ................................................................................................................229
The Findings ...........................................................................................................................225
Acquaintance of the expedition members with the monuments in the vicinity .....................238
Submission of the findings .....................................................................................................238
Conservation of the excavated monuments: report on the conservation
of the northern wall of the urban remains in the Selbir site, Gabala .....................................239
Brief report on the archaeological excavations of the Selbir earthen wall site,
Gabala, 2010
Yi Seon Bok, Kim Jong Il, Kwon Oh Young, Seong Jeong Yong,
Park Chun Soo, Lee Byum Ki, Chong Han Na ...............................................283
1. The survey summary ........................................................................................................284
2. Topographical survey of the Selbir and Gala sites, 2009-2010 .................................285
3. The building excavation, the Selbir site ....................................................................288
4. The excavation of the northern wall, the Selbir site .................................................290
Submission of the findings ...........................................................................................292
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