Nakhchivan culture

The Nakhchivan culture,[1][2] also known as the Kizilveng culture or Painted Pottery culture, was formed during the Middle Bronze Age in the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC. The main center of painted pottery were Nakhchivan and the Arpachay Valley, in Anatolia, Urmia lake basin and  the South Caucasus. In Azerbaijan, this culture was studied on the basis of archeological materials from the I Kultepe, II Kultepe, Shahtakhti, Gizilburun, Nahjir, Shortepe, Garachuk, II Gazanchi qala and other monuments.[3][4][5][6] The painted pottery culture was studied by Azerbaijani archaeologists such as O. Habibullayev, V. Bakhshaliyev, V. Aliyev and A. Akbarov. According to V. Bakhshaliyev, the formation of this culture dishes in Nakhchivan was connected with the formation of the city states.[7]

Painted vessel. Shakhtakhti

Recent researches suggested that the painted pottery culture of Nakhchivan was the result of the natural development of the Kura–Araxes culture.[8][9]

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  3. ^ QULİYEVA, ZEYNƏB (2014). ARPAÇAY VADİSİNİN TUNC DÖVRÜ ARXEOLOJİ ABİDƏLƏRİ (PDF). Bakı: Elm və təhsi.
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