Osmantepe

Osmantəpə is an early Neolithic settlement near Kükü village, in the Shahbuz District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.

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Geographical location
Early Neolithic in the South Caucasus
Excavation of the early Neolithic settlement Osmantəpə
Obsidian tools and obsidian use
Economy and settlement method
Early use of ceramics
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Osmantəpə is an early Neolithic settlement near Kükü village, in the Shahbuz District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.

==Geographical location== The Neolithic settlement Osmantəpə is around above sea level near the village of Kükü in the Şahbuz district on the edge of the Qanlıgöl reservoir and partly underwater. The settlement area was discovered after the artefacts on the edge of the river were eroded. The location of the settlement is due to the fact that the area of the settlement is surrounded by several water sources, which the nomadic tribes could use. In order to collect the water from these springs, Shan Giray, the governor of the district, built a dam there as early as 1865, creating the artificial lake.