Osmantepe
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- 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
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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.
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