Çovdar, Dashkasan
Çovdar | |
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Municipality | |
Çovdar | |
| Coordinates: 40°37′13″N 46°05′59″E / 40.62028°N 46.09972°E | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Dashkasan |
| Population | |
• Total | 65 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Çovdar (also, Chovdar, earlier Hartshangist (from Armenian: Հարցհանգիստ, romanized: Harc’hangist, lit. 'resting place of fathers')[1]) is a village and municipality in the Dashkasan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It is located on the northern slop of the Chovdar mountain.[2]
It has a population of 65. The municipality consists of the villages of Çovdar and Çaykənd.[3]
Archaeology
Archaeological excavations were carried out in the Chovdar region between 2019 and 2021 by archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology of ANAS in the gold ore processing area of "AzerGold" CJSC. That same year, archaeologists unearthed 156 stone box graves. These graves were constructed using megalithic materials—large rocks and stones. Some of the stones had been shaped or hewn, while others remained unworked. Smaller stones were placed between the larger ones to fill in the gaps.[4]
More than 200 stone box graves dating to the Khojali-Gadabay culture of the Late Bronze–Early Iron Age in Azerbaijan were uncovered during the rescue excavations. Archaeologists identified a burial custom in which males were buried on their right side and females on their left. Some individuals showed signs of physical illnesses, including dental pathologies, and a trepanned skull was also discovered. Weapons, head ornaments, ceramic products, and a horse burial were among the notable finds.[2][4][5][6]
References
- ^ "Research on Armenian Architecture". www.raa-am.com. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
- ^ a b Huseynova, Lola (2023). "The Late Bronze-Early Iron Age Monument in the High Mountain Area of the Little Caucasus: Chovdar Necropolis" (PDF). Global Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology. 13 (1): 1–2.
- ^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
- ^ a b Jalilov, Bakhtiyar; Huseynov, Muzaffar; Huseynova, Lola (2022). "Research Conducted in Chovdar Nekropolis in 2021". XVI. Uluslararası Türk Kültürü, Sanatı ve Kültürel Mirası Koruma Sempozyumu/Sanat Etkinlikleri: 117–121.
- ^ Huseynova, Lola (2020). "The Chovdar Collecion of the National Museum of History of Azerbaijan as a source for the study of Khojaly Gadabay culture burial tradition". Second International Scientific Conference of Young Scientists and Specialist. Multidisciplinary approaches in solving modern problems of fundamental and applied sciences: 486–487.
- ^ Jalilov, Bakhtiyar; Huseynov, Muzaffar; Huseynova, Lola; Ashurov, Safar; Laneri, Nicola (2023). "Preliminary X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Metallic Samples from the Chovdar Necropolis in Azerbaijan". Heritage. 6 (1): 199–211.