The Monumental Kurgans in Bronze Age in River Kura Basin
Keywords:
Archaeology, Azerbaijan, Shamkir, Deller Jayir, kurgan, archaeological excavations, Bronze Age, pottery fragmentsAbstract
The article contains with the archaeological excavations of the Deller Jayir kurgans at 322.700 km of the
SCPX (South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion Project) pipeline corridor. These kurgans are located in the territory of Deller
Jayir village of Shamkir district of Azerbaijan Republic. About 10 kurgans were recorded in the kurgan field located on a
relatively high hill on the right bank of the river, about 100-150 m away from the Jayir River, only 2 of them fell into the
pipeline corridor, excavated and explored.
The surface of the Deller Jayir kurgans consists of stone formations with a clearly visible circular shape and a relatively
concave center. They are located close to each other at a distance of 5-6 m. Preliminary analysis of the structures and
burial rites in the Deller Jayir kurgans and the forms of the few pottery fragments found in these kurgans show that these
kurgans date the transition stage from Middle Bronze Age to the Late Bronze Age, to be precisely, to the 15th-14th
centuries BC.
