nscArchaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of EurasiaАрхеология, этнография и антропология Евразии1563-0110IAET SB RAS10.17746/1563-0110.2018.46.3.022-031nsc-380Research ArticlePALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGEПАЛЕОЭКОЛОГИЯ. КАМЕННЫЙ ВЕКTECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEOLITHIC POTTERY AT GÖYTEPE (WEST AZERBAIJAN)РАЗВИТИЕ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ ИЗГОТОВЛЕНИЯ НЕОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ КЕРАМИКИ В ГЁЙТЕПЕ (ЗАПАДНЫЙ АЗЕРБАЙДЖАН)https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6771-8656АлекперовВ. А.AlakbarovV. A.

старший научный сотрудник 

H. Cavid pr. 115, Baku, AZ 1143

H. Javid Pr. 115, Baku, AZ 1143

arxeoloq.az@gmail.comИнститут археологии и этнографии НАН АзербайджанаАзербайджанInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Azerbaijan National Academy of SciencesAzerbaijan2018200920184632231Copyright © Alakbarov V.A., 20182018Алекперов В.А.Alakbarov V.A.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/380

The Neolithic settlement of Göytepe (6th millennium cal BC) is of great importance for studying all stages of the Neolithic pottery not only of Azerbaijan, but also that of the Southern Caucasus. Here, we analyze pottery assemblage from the 4th building level at this site as an example of Neolithic ceramics of the Kura River valley, Southern Caucasus. We focused on the technological and morphological development of pottery from 14 building levels at Göytepe. This paper presents the results of the extensive study of pottery samples found in the 4th building level during archaeological excavations in 2017. Each pottery group was described and compared according to its technical features. The obtained results were compared with previous studies of other contemporaneous sites, to discuss the origin and technological development of Neolithic pottery in the Southern Caucasus. The conclusion was made about the independent development of the Shulaveri-Shomu culture at its early stage, and about the infl uence of the intercultural contacts at later stages.

Неолитическое поселение Гёйтепе (VI тыс. л. до н.э.) является емким источником информации о всех этапах развития керамики в эпоху неолита на территории не только Азербайджана, но и всего Южного Кавказа. В статье на примере керамического комплекса памятника рассматривается гончарство эпохи неолита долины Куры на Южном Кавказе. Представлены технологическая и морфологическая характеристики керамики из 14 строительных горизонтов Гёйтепе. Публикуются результаты всестороннего изучения фрагментов керамики, найденных в 2017 г. в строительном горизонте 4. Приводятся описания изделий каждой группы и итоги сравнения их характеристик. Для определения происхождения и развития традиций изготовления керамики эпохи неолита на Южном Кавказе сопоставляются результаты исследования этих и других синхронных памятников. Сделан вывод о самостоятельном развитии шулавери-шомутепинской культуры на раннем этапе и о возможном влиянии на нее межкультурных связей на более поздних этапах.

Южный КавказнеолитГёйтепеналепные украшенияполировкаангобированиебитумSouthern CaucasusNeolithicGöytepeapplied decorationpolishingslippingbitumenАвтор выражает особую признательность д-ру Фархаду Гулиеву, руководителю археологической экспедиции в Гёйтепе, за поддержку и создание условий для работы с керамикой на памятнике в полевой лаборатории. Автор также благодарен проф. Мехмету Оздогану из Университета Стамбула за консультации, касающиеся неизвестных керамических форм. Автор признателен д-ру Джулио Палумби и д-ру Сейджи Кадоваки за консультации и редактирование этой статьи.ReferencesАбибуллаев О.А. Некоторые итоги изучения холма Кул Тепе // СА. – 1963. – № 3. – С. 157–167.Абибуллаев О.А. Некоторые итоги изучения холма Кул Тепе // СА. – 1963. – № 3. – С. 157–167.Ахундов Т.И. У истоков Кавказской цивилизации. Неолит Азербайджана. – Баку: Ин-т археологии и этнографии НАНА, 2012. – Кн. 1: Шомутепе. – 386 с.Ахундов Т.И. У истоков Кавказской цивилизации. Неолит Азербайджана. – Баку: Ин-т археологии и этнографии НАНА, 2012. – Кн. 1: Шомутепе. – 386 с.Гулиев Ф. Некоторые вопросы эпохи неолита Южного Кавказа // Материалы Междунар. конф. «Археология, этнология, фольклористика Кавказа». – Тбилиси, 2010. – С. 130–131.Гулиев Ф. Некоторые вопросы эпохи неолита Южного Кавказа // Материалы Междунар. конф. «Археология, этнология, фольклористика Кавказа». – Тбилиси, 2010. – С. 130–131.Джавахишвили А., Джапаридзе О. Отчет Квемо-Картлийской археологической экспедиции (1969–1971 гг.). – Tbilisi: Metsienereba, 1975. – 216 с.Джавахишвили А., Джапаридзе О. Отчет Квемо-Картлийской археологической экспедиции (1969–1971 гг.). – Tbilisi: Metsienereba, 1975. – 216 с.Нариманов И. Г. Раскопки энеолитического поселения Иланлитепе // Археологические открытия 1968 года. – М.: Наука, 1969. – С. 396–397.Нариманов И. Г. Раскопки энеолитического поселения Иланлитепе // Археологические открытия 1968 года. – М.: Наука, 1969. – С. 396–397.Нариманов И.Г. Отчет I отряда Мильско-Карабахской археологической экспедиции за 1986 год // Науч. архив Ин-та археологии и этнографии НАНА. № О-445.Нариманов И.Г. Отчет I отряда Мильско-Карабахской археологической экспедиции за 1986 год // Науч. архив Ин-та археологии и этнографии НАНА. № О-445.Нариманов И.Г. Культура древнейшего земледельческо-скотоводческого населения Азербайджана. – Баку: Elm, 1987. – 260 с.Нариманов И.Г. Культура древнейшего земледельческо-скотоводческого населения Азербайджана. – Баку: Elm, 1987. – 260 с.Alakbarov V. Pottery production at Neolithic Göytepe (West Azerbaijan) // Hileya. – 2015a. – N 102 (11). – P. 166–169.Alakbarov V. Pottery production at Neolithic Göytepe (West Azerbaijan) // Hileya. – 2015a. – N 102 (11). – P. 166–169.Alakbarov V. Göytəpə neolit dövrü abidəsinin keramika məmulatlarının qatqı miqdarlarının qruplar üzrə təbəqələrə uyğun bölgüsü // Gənc Alimlərin Əsərləri. – 2015b. – N 12. – P. 214–218.Alakbarov V. Göytəpə neolit dövrü abidəsinin keramika məmulatlarının qatqı miqdarlarının qruplar üzrə təbəqələrə uyğun bölgüsü // Gənc Alimlərin Əsərləri. – 2015b. – N 12. – P. 214–218.Alakbarov V. The importance of Goytepe Neolithic pottery in the study of development of early pottery production in the South Caucasus // Proceedings of IV international scientific conference of young researchers dedicated to the 93rd Anniversary of the National leader of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev. – Baku, 2016a. – B. II. – P. 1695–1696.Alakbarov V. The importance of Goytepe Neolithic pottery in the study of development of early pottery production in the South Caucasus // Proceedings of IV international scientific conference of young researchers dedicated to the 93rd Anniversary of the National leader of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev. – Baku, 2016a. – B. II. – P. 1695–1696.Alakbarov V. Göytəpənin 2-ci və 3-cü tikili səviyyələrinə aid keramika məmulatlarının müqayisəli təhlili // Geostrategiya. – 2016b. – N 4 (34). – P. 59–61.Alakbarov V. Göytəpənin 2-ci və 3-cü tikili səviyyələrinə aid keramika məmulatlarının müqayisəli təhlili // Geostrategiya. – 2016b. – N 4 (34). – P. 59–61.Badalyan R., Lombard P., Avestisyan P., Chataigner C., Chabot J., Vila E., Hovsepyan R., Willcox G., Pessin H. New data on the late prehistory of the southern Caucasus. The excavations at Aratashen (Armenia): preliminary report // Les cultures du Caucase (Vie–IIIe siècle avant notre ère). Leurs relations avec le Proche-Orient. – P.: CNRS, 2007. – P. 37–62.Badalyan R., Lombard P., Avestisyan P., Chataigner C., Chabot J., Vila E., Hovsepyan R., Willcox G., Pessin H. New data on the late prehistory of the southern Caucasus. The excavations at Aratashen (Armenia): preliminary report // Les cultures du Caucase (Vie–IIIe siècle avant notre ère). Leurs relations avec le Proche-Orient. – P.: CNRS, 2007. – P. 37–62.Bastert-Lamprichs K. The pottery (from Aruchlo) // Ancient Kura 2010–2011: The fi rst two seasons of joint fi eld work in the southern Caucasus. – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst. 2012. – P. 71–82. – (Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan; N 44).Bastert-Lamprichs K. The pottery (from Aruchlo) // Ancient Kura 2010–2011: The fi rst two seasons of joint fi eld work in the southern Caucasus. – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst. 2012. – P. 71–82. – (Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan; N 44).Bastert-Lamprichs K. Das neolithisce Aruchlo: Die Keramik der kampagnen 2012–2014 // The Kura Projects (New research on the Later Prehistory of the Southern Caucasus). – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2017. – P. 233–246. – (Archäologie in Iran und Turan; N 16).Bastert-Lamprichs K. Das neolithisce Aruchlo: Die Keramik der kampagnen 2012–2014 // The Kura Projects (New research on the Later Prehistory of the Southern Caucasus). – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2017. – P. 233–246. – (Archäologie in Iran und Turan; N 16).Chataigner C., Badalyan R., Arimura M. The Neolithic of the Caucasus. – Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2014. – 25 p.Chataigner C., Badalyan R., Arimura M. The Neolithic of the Caucasus. – Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2014. – 25 p.D’Anna M.B. The pottery of Kamiltepe (MPS 1) // Ancient Kura 2010–2011: The fi rst two seasons of joint fi eld work in the southern Caucasus. – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2012. – P. 38–44. – (Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan; N 44).D’Anna M.B. The pottery of Kamiltepe (MPS 1) // Ancient Kura 2010–2011: The fi rst two seasons of joint fi eld work in the southern Caucasus. – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2012. – P. 38–44. – (Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan; N 44).D’Anna M.B. Some New insights into the Neolithic “Unpainted Ceramic Horizon” of the Mill Plain // The Kura Projects (New research on the Later Prehistory of the Southern Caucasus). – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2017. – P. 43–49. – (Archäologie in Iran und Turan; N 16).D’Anna M.B. Some New insights into the Neolithic “Unpainted Ceramic Horizon” of the Mill Plain // The Kura Projects (New research on the Later Prehistory of the Southern Caucasus). – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2017. – P. 43–49. – (Archäologie in Iran und Turan; N 16).Guliyev F., Alakbarov V. Traces of Anatolian Cultures according to the Recent Neolithic Investigations in Azerbaijan (On the Basis of Archaeological Sites of the Mid Kura Valley) // Anatolian Rivers between East and West Axes and Frontiers. Geographical, economic and cultural aspects of the humanenvironment interactions between the Kızılırmak and Tigris Rivers in ancient times. – Batumi: Shota Rustaveli State Univ., 2017. – P. 10–12.Guliyev F., Alakbarov V. Traces of Anatolian Cultures according to the Recent Neolithic Investigations in Azerbaijan (On the Basis of Archaeological Sites of the Mid Kura Valley) // Anatolian Rivers between East and West Axes and Frontiers. Geographical, economic and cultural aspects of the humanenvironment interactions between the Kızılırmak and Tigris Rivers in ancient times. – Batumi: Shota Rustaveli State Univ., 2017. – P. 10–12.Guliyev F., Gusejnov F., Almamedov H. Excavations of the Neolithic settlement at Goytepe (Azerbaijan) // Azerbaijan – Land between East and West. Transfer of Knowledge and Technology during the “First Globalization” of the VIIthIVth Millennium B.C.: Intern. Symp. – Baku, 2009. – P. 29–30.Guliyev F., Gusejnov F., Almamedov H. Excavations of the Neolithic settlement at Goytepe (Azerbaijan) // Azerbaijan – Land between East and West. Transfer of Knowledge and Technology during the “First Globalization” of the VIIthIVth Millennium B.C.: Intern. Symp. – Baku, 2009. – P. 29–30.Guliyev F., Huseynov F., Almammadov X., Hajizade N. Göytəpə Neolit Dövrü Yaşayış Məskənində Aparılan Arxeoloji Qazıntılar // Azərbaycanda Arxeoloji Tədqiqatlar. – Bakı, 2008. – P. 17–20.Guliyev F., Huseynov F., Almammadov X., Hajizade N. Göytəpə Neolit Dövrü Yaşayış Məskənində Aparılan Arxeoloji Qazıntılar // Azərbaycanda Arxeoloji Tədqiqatlar. – Bakı, 2008. – P. 17–20.Guliyev F., Nishiaki Y. Excavations at the Neolithic settlement of Goytepe, the Middle Kura Valley, Azerbaijan, 2008–2009 // Proceedings of the 7th ICCANE. – L.; Wiesbaden, 2012. – Vol. III: Fieldwork and Recent Research-Posters. – P. 71–84.Guliyev F., Nishiaki Y. Excavations at the Neolithic settlement of Goytepe, the Middle Kura Valley, Azerbaijan, 2008–2009 // Proceedings of the 7th ICCANE. – L.; Wiesbaden, 2012. – Vol. III: Fieldwork and Recent Research-Posters. – P. 71–84.Guliyev F., Nishiaki Y. Excavations at the Neolithic Settlement of Göytepe, West Azerbaijan, 2010–2011 // Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. – 2014. – Vol. II: Excavation and Progress Reports, Posters. – Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verl., 2014. – P. 3–16.Guliyev F., Nishiaki Y. Excavations at the Neolithic Settlement of Göytepe, West Azerbaijan, 2010–2011 // Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. – 2014. – Vol. II: Excavation and Progress Reports, Posters. – Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verl., 2014. – P. 3–16.Guliyev F., Nishiyaki Y., Huseynov F., Kadowaki S., Tanno K., Hayakawa Y. Göytəpə Neolit Dövrü Yaşayış Yerində Arxeoloji Qazıntılar // Azərbaycanda Arxeoloji Tədqiqatlar. – Bakı, 2010. – P. 45–54.Guliyev F., Nishiyaki Y., Huseynov F., Kadowaki S., Tanno K., Hayakawa Y. Göytəpə Neolit Dövrü Yaşayış Yerində Arxeoloji Qazıntılar // Azərbaycanda Arxeoloji Tədqiqatlar. – Bakı, 2010. – P. 45–54.Guliyev F., Nishiyaki Y., Huseinov F., Kadowaki S., Shimogama K., Akashi C., Kume S., Zamanov O. Göytəpə Neolit Dövrü Yaşayış Yerində Arxeoloji Qazıntılar // Azərbaycanda Arxeoloji Tədqiqatlar. – 2010. – Bakı, 2011. – P. 50–64.Guliyev F., Nishiyaki Y., Huseinov F., Kadowaki S., Shimogama K., Akashi C., Kume S., Zamanov O. Göytəpə Neolit Dövrü Yaşayış Yerində Arxeoloji Qazıntılar // Azərbaycanda Arxeoloji Tədqiqatlar. – 2010. – Bakı, 2011. – P. 50–64.Guliyev F., Nishiyaki Y., Kadowaki S., Nakata H., Alakbarov V., Shimogama K., Salimbayov S., Arai S., Abbasova S., Miki T., Ahmadova V. Göytəpə və Hacı Əlləhmanlı neolit dövrü yaşayış yerlərində arxeoloji araşdırmalar // Azərbaycanda 2014-cü ildə aparılmış arxeoloji və etnoqrafik tədqiqatların yekunlarına həsr olunmuş elmi sessiyanın materialları. – Bakı, 2015. – P. 21–24.Guliyev F., Nishiyaki Y., Kadowaki S., Nakata H., Alakbarov V., Shimogama K., Salimbayov S., Arai S., Abbasova S., Miki T., Ahmadova V. Göytəpə və Hacı Əlləhmanlı neolit dövrü yaşayış yerlərində arxeoloji araşdırmalar // Azərbaycanda 2014-cü ildə aparılmış arxeoloji və etnoqrafik tədqiqatların yekunlarına həsr olunmuş elmi sessiyanın materialları. – Bakı, 2015. – P. 21–24.Hansen S., Mirtskhulava G. The Neolithic settlement of Aruchlo. Report on the excavations in 2009–2011 // Ancient Kura 2010–2011: The fi rst two seasons of joint fi eld work in the southern Caucasus. – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2012. – P. 58–86. – (Archäeologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan; N 44).Hansen S., Mirtskhulava G. The Neolithic settlement of Aruchlo. Report on the excavations in 2009–2011 // Ancient Kura 2010–2011: The fi rst two seasons of joint fi eld work in the southern Caucasus. – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2012. – P. 58–86. – (Archäeologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan; N 44).Helwing B., Aliyev T. Field work in the Mil Plain: the 2010–2011 expedition // Ancient Kura 2010–2011: The fi rst two seasons of joint fi eld work in the southern Caucasus. – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., Eurasien-Abteilung, 2012. – P. 4–17. – (Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan; N 44).Helwing B., Aliyev T. Field work in the Mil Plain: the 2010–2011 expedition // Ancient Kura 2010–2011: The fi rst two seasons of joint fi eld work in the southern Caucasus. – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., Eurasien-Abteilung, 2012. – P. 4–17. – (Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan; N 44).Helwing B., Aliyev T. Excavations in the Mil Plain Sites, 2012–2014 // The Kura Projects (New research on the Later Prehistory of the Southern Caucasus). – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2017. – P. 11–42. – (Archäologie in Iran und Turan; N 16).Helwing B., Aliyev T. Excavations in the Mil Plain Sites, 2012–2014 // The Kura Projects (New research on the Later Prehistory of the Southern Caucasus). – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2017. – P. 11–42. – (Archäologie in Iran und Turan; N 16).Kadowaki S., Maher L., Portillo M., Albert R.M., Akashi C., Guliyev F., Nishiaki Y. Geoarchaeological and palaeobotanical evidence for prehistoric cereal storage in the southern Caucasus: the Neolithic settlement of Göytepe (mid 8th millennium BP) // J. of Archaeol. Sci. – 2015. – N 53. – P. 408–425.Kadowaki S., Maher L., Portillo M., Albert R.M., Akashi C., Guliyev F., Nishiaki Y. Geoarchaeological and palaeobotanical evidence for prehistoric cereal storage in the southern Caucasus: the Neolithic settlement of Göytepe (mid 8th millennium BP) // J. of Archaeol. Sci. – 2015. – N 53. – P. 408–425.Kadowaki S., Ohnishi K., Arai S., Guliyev F., Nishiyaki Y. Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of Ancient Domestic Goats in the Southern Caucasus: A Preliminary Result from Neolithic Settlements at Göytepe and Hacı Elamxanlı Tepe // Intern. J. of Osteoarchaeol. – 2017. – N 27. – P. 245–260.Kadowaki S., Ohnishi K., Arai S., Guliyev F., Nishiyaki Y. Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of Ancient Domestic Goats in the Southern Caucasus: A Preliminary Result from Neolithic Settlements at Göytepe and Hacı Elamxanlı Tepe // Intern. J. of Osteoarchaeol. – 2017. – N 27. – P. 245–260.Kavtaradze G. The Chronology of Georgian Aeneolithic Bronze Age Archaeological cultures in the light of new data – Tbilisi: Metsienereba, 1981. – 157 p. (in Georg., summary in Engl. and Russ.).Kavtaradze G. The Chronology of Georgian Aeneolithic Bronze Age Archaeological cultures in the light of new data – Tbilisi: Metsienereba, 1981. – 157 p. (in Georg., summary in Engl. and Russ.).Kiguradze T. Neolitische Siedlungen von Kwemo-Kartli, Georgien. – München: C.H. Beck, 1986. – 118 S.Kiguradze T. Neolitische Siedlungen von Kwemo-Kartli, Georgien. – München: C.H. Beck, 1986. – 118 S.Kiguradze T. Caucasian Neolithic // Encyclopedia of Prehistory. – 2001. – Vol. IV: Europe. – P. 55–76.Kiguradze T. Caucasian Neolithic // Encyclopedia of Prehistory. – 2001. – Vol. IV: Europe. – P. 55–76.Lyonnet B. Mentesh Tepe 2012–2014. The Pottery // The Kura Projects (New research on the Later Prehistory of the Southern Caucasus). – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2017. – P. 141–144. – (Archäologie in Iran und Turan; N 16).Lyonnet B. Mentesh Tepe 2012–2014. The Pottery // The Kura Projects (New research on the Later Prehistory of the Southern Caucasus). – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2017. – P. 141–144. – (Archäologie in Iran und Turan; N 16).Lyonnet B., Guliyev F., Bouquet L., Bruley-Chabot G., Samzun A., Pecqueur L., Jovenet E., Baudouin E., Fontugne M., Raymond P., Degorre E., Astruc L., Guilbeau D., Le Dosseur G., Benecke N., Hamon K., Poulmarc’h M., Courcier A. Mentesh Tepe, an early settlement of the Shomu-Shulaveri Culture in Azerbaijan // Quaternary Intern. – 2016. – N 395. – P. 170–183.Lyonnet B., Guliyev F., Bouquet L., Bruley-Chabot G., Samzun A., Pecqueur L., Jovenet E., Baudouin E., Fontugne M., Raymond P., Degorre E., Astruc L., Guilbeau D., Le Dosseur G., Benecke N., Hamon K., Poulmarc’h M., Courcier A. Mentesh Tepe, an early settlement of the Shomu-Shulaveri Culture in Azerbaijan // Quaternary Intern. – 2016. – N 395. – P. 170–183.Museibli N., Agalarzadeh A., Akhundova G. Neolit dövrü Həsənsu yaşayış yerində arxeoloji qazıntılar // Azərbaycanda Arxeoloji Tədqiqatlar-2011. – Bakı, 2012. – P. 45–49.Museibli N., Agalarzadeh A., Akhundova G. Neolit dövrü Həsənsu yaşayış yerində arxeoloji qazıntılar // Azərbaycanda Arxeoloji Tədqiqatlar-2011. – Bakı, 2012. – P. 45–49.Narimanov I.H., Mahmudov F.R. 1971-ci ildə Qarğalartəpəsi və Əliköməktəpəsində aparılmış arxeoloji qazıntıların hesabatı // AMEA AEI EA. N H-57.Narimanov I.H., Mahmudov F.R. 1971-ci ildə Qarğalartəpəsi və Əliköməktəpəsində aparılmış arxeoloji qazıntıların hesabatı // AMEA AEI EA. N H-57.Nishiaki Y., Guliyev F., Kadowaki S. Chronological contexts of the earliest Pottery Neolithic in the southern Caucasus: radiocarbon dates for Göytepe and Hacı Elamxanlı Tepe, Azerbaijan // Am. J. of Archaeol. – 2015a. – N 119 (3). – P. 279–294.Nishiaki Y., Guliyev F., Kadowaki S. Chronological contexts of the earliest Pottery Neolithic in the southern Caucasus: radiocarbon dates for Göytepe and Hacı Elamxanlı Tepe, Azerbaijan // Am. J. of Archaeol. – 2015a. – N 119 (3). – P. 279–294.Nishiaki Y., Guliyev F., Kadowaki S., Alakbarov V., Miki T., Salimbayov Sh., Akashi Ch., Arai S. Investigating cultural and socioeconomic change at the beginning of the Pottery Neolithic in the Southern Caucasus–The 2013 Excavations at Hacı Elamxanlı Tepe, Azerbaijan // Bull. of the Am. Schools of Oriental Res. – 2015b. – N 374. – P. 1–28.Nishiaki Y., Guliyev F., Kadowaki S., Alakbarov V., Miki T., Salimbayov Sh., Akashi Ch., Arai S. Investigating cultural and socioeconomic change at the beginning of the Pottery Neolithic in the Southern Caucasus–The 2013 Excavations at Hacı Elamxanlı Tepe, Azerbaijan // Bull. of the Am. Schools of Oriental Res. – 2015b. – N 374. – P. 1–28.Nishiaki Y., Guliyev F., Kadowaki S., Omori T. Neolithic residential patterns in the southern Caucasus: Radiocarbon analysis of rebuilding cycles of mudbrick architecture at Goytepe, west Azerbaijan. – In press.Nishiaki Y., Guliyev F., Kadowaki S., Omori T. Neolithic residential patterns in the southern Caucasus: Radiocarbon analysis of rebuilding cycles of mudbrick architecture at Goytepe, west Azerbaijan. – In press.Ricci A. The Mil-Qarabag Plain and the Kvemo Kartli Survey Projects: a preliminary account of the first two field seasons (2010–2011) // Ancient Kura 2010–2011: The first two seasons of joint field work in the southern Caucasus. – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2012. – P. 127–145. – (Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan; N 44).Ricci A. The Mil-Qarabag Plain and the Kvemo Kartli Survey Projects: a preliminary account of the first two field seasons (2010–2011) // Ancient Kura 2010–2011: The first two seasons of joint field work in the southern Caucasus. – Berlin: Deutsches Archäol. Inst., 2012. – P. 127–145. – (Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran und Turan; N 44).

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest present.