Last modified: 2014-03-17
Abstract
Integral part of Azerbaijan in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic has a rich history and ancient. VI-I studies con-ducted in this area during the millennia b. c. have been found out a lot of archeological monuments. At that time Nakhichivan, as well as the other regions of Azerbaijan, was an important centre of craftsmanship. It was defined that bone development, masonry and pottery wasone of the ancient craftsmanship areas in Nakhichivan. The bone and pottery products differed from one another in their size, shape, ornaments on them, the material the were made of and the technology. It is clear that people have dealt with masonry since Paleolithic Age. Nakchivan people produced various tools and weapons which were made of flint, obsidian or other stones. Some changes have occured in masonry as the time went by. Various forms of tools, weapons and ornaments were produced up to now. The pottery products made by Nakhichivan potters were divided into two groups-welfare and kitchen ceramics. Their similar monuments in the South Caucasus and the Middle East in the same period, the archaeological materials found in the Urmia basin and Eastern Anatolia. As the result of investigations, it had been defined potter's field thad the culture of coloured cases had gone till These Are Middle Bronze Late Bronze-Early Iron age in Nakchivan. The cases about this epoch have carried the features of the local and neighbour peoples’ culture.