 Entrance to the cave | |
  Location in Azerbaijan | |
| Alternative name | Azokh Cave |
|---|---|
| Location | Azykh, Khojavend District, Azerbaijan |
| Coordinates | 39°37′9.12″N 46°59′18″E / 39.6192000°N 46.98833°E |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1960s, mid 1990s, 2002–2009 |
| Archaeologists | Mammadali Huseynov, Tania King |
Azykh Cave (Azerbaijani: Azıx mağarası), also referred to as Azokh Cave (Armenian: Ազոխի քարանձավ, romanized: Azoxi k’aranjav[1]), is a six-cave complex in Azerbaijan, known as a habitation site of prehistoric humans. It is situated near the village of Azykh in the Khojavend District. The cave is an important prehistoric site which has been occupied by different human groups for a long time.[2] The ancient layers of the Middle Paleolithic have yielded Neanderthal fossil remains that may date from around 300,000 years ago.[3]
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- ^ Fernández-Jalvo, Yolanda; King, Tania; Yepiskoposyan, Levon; Andrews, Peter (2016), "Introduction: Azokh Cave and the Transcaucasian Corridor", Azokh Cave and the Transcaucasian Corridor, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1–26, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24924-7_1, ISBN 978-3-319-24922-3, retrieved 2021-05-16
- ^ "Azykh Cave". Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2017-12-26.