Archaeological Excavations on the BTC Pipeline, Azerbaijan

Taylor, Paul Michael; Maynard, David

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“…This work followed on from similar material found initially on the BTC pipeline in 2004 and then on the SCP pipeline in 2005. A total of nine graves were found in this work (Taylor and Maynard 2011). The SCPX project found a further 12 graves, 9 in the 2015 preconstruction work and 3 during pipeline construction (Əsədov 2018e).…”

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“…The archaeological impact was guided initially by the discoveries made on the BTC and SCP pipelines (Taylor and Maynard 2011;. These provided a template to understand the nature and distribution of archaeological sites across more than 400km of the landscape of Azerbaijan.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This report is a summary of the work of the detailed reports prepared by the Azerbaijan Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography covering work on the project. It follows on and makes much reference to the earlier similar report for the BTC project (Taylor and Maynard 2011). The structure allows the period summaries to be examined, which link through to the individual sites from that period.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The cemetery almost certainly extends beyond the excavation area. In 2003, during construction of the BTC and SCP pipelines further jar graves of the same type were found in an area approximately 350m to the north (Taylor and Maynard 2011). Grave 1: was discovered at a depth of 1.8m below ground level.…”

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“…The work took place over a distance of 136m by 4m along the route of the SCPX pipeline. The site was known from previous discoveries on the SCP and BTC pipelines, resulting in excavations in 2004 and 2005 (Taylor and Maynard 2011). The excavation opened up a total of 26 pits dug by hand, pits 1, 4-7, 9-21, 23-28, 31 and 36.…”

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Archaeological Excavations on the SCPX Pipeline, Azerbaijan 2013-2018

Maynard¹,

Qoşqarli²,

Museibli³

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The SCPX pipeline, completed in 2018, follows the line of the earlier BTC and SCP pipelines across Azerbaijan towards Georgia. The project included an archaeological programme that supplemented the discoveries of the earlier two projects. The results were very similar, but were significantly different from the earlier work. The SCPX work was carried out on 48 locations using a team of national and international archaeologists. Chalcolithic material was again found at Poylu, Xocaxan and Aılı Dərə. The Kura Araz culture of the early Bronze Age was indicated with burials at Soyuqbulaq and Tovuzçay. The Xocalı-Gədəbəy culture of the late Bronze Age early Iron Age is well represented with a cemetery found at Tovuzçay II and the kurgans at Borsunlu Camp. Antique period jar grave cemeteries were found in the Yevlax area at Əmirarx, Bəyimsarov, Səmədabad and Yaldili. Medieval settlement sites were excavated at Əmirarx, Faxrali, Lək and Hacialili. The major discovery of the project was the medieval castle at Kərpiclitəpə. This was a rectangular structure with towers at each corner and evidence of occupation that probably ended with the Mongol invasion. The report is structured as an introduction to the project, with a brief summary of excavations. The detail for each site can be accessed in the report by links to the archive on the ADS website in a similar form to the BTC/SCP project report. The reader can thus access all the information for each site together with detailed analysis of radiocarbon and other analyses of the sites for all the work in that area from the various projects. Taken as a whole, the work on the three projects provides a means to comprehend part of the very broad early history of northwest Azerbaijan.

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Archaeological Excavations on the SCPX Pipeline, Azerbaijan 2013-2018

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Museibli³

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Insights into ancient ceramic technology: a comprehensive analysis of mineralogy, chemistry and firing conditions

Mammadov,

Ahadova

2024

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The intensive integration of Azerbaijan into the global economy, mainly through international gas and oil pipeline construction, has led to significant archaeological research in the past two decades. The construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline (BTC) and the Southern Caucasus Pipeline gas pipeline (SCP) prompted a four-year archaeological fieldwork program, followed by a six-year post-excavation program. The current work applied an interdisciplinary approach using various instrumental methods for studying ancient artifacts found during those projects. The thermogravimetric method and differential thermal analysis were employed to obtain insights into the production technology of the ancient pottery and information about the mineralogy of the ceramic sherds. The complex processes involved in firing the ceramic paste have been studied extensively, and patterns in mass loss ratios during different temperature ranges have been established. In total, 15 samples were investigated, and the thermogravimetric analysis of ceramic shards revealed that the firing temperature of the samples was in the range of 700 °C. XRD analysis confirmed the presence of quartz, feldspar, and clay minerals in the ceramic samples. The presence of calcite and other specific minerals is subject to the origin of the ceramic materials. The results obtained from this multidisciplinary approach provide insights into the firing technology and the origin of the ceramic samples.

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Archaeological Excavations on the BTC Pipeline, Azerbaijan

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