Poylu, Agstafa

Municipality in Agstafa, Azerbaijan

41°09′36″N 45°27′08″E / 41.16000°N 45.45222°E / 41.16000; 45.45222Country

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• Total4,302Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT) • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Poylu is a village and municipality in the Aghstafa District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 4,302. The municipality consists of the villages of Poylu and Şəkərli, and second village called Poylu.^[1] The place where the village is has been part of the georgian kingdom of Kartli. Between the years 1919-1920 the municipality of Poylu was part of the Democratic republic of Georgia.^[2]

Archaeology

The ancient Poylu II Settlement was discovered during the construction of the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline.

Excavations revealed several occupational phases. The lowermost layer shows a late Eneolithic period of domestic occupation, dating to the early fourth millennium BC. A multilayer settlement of Leylatepe culture is attested. The Leylatepe deposits start at the natural soil layer. A small amount of Kura–Araxes culture material was also recorded at the depth of between 70 cm and 110 cm. Yet no clearly defined cultural layer is formed by these deposits.^[3]

References

^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
^ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia_1919-1921.png/1280px-Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia_1919-1921.png ^{[bare URL image file]}
^ Najaf Museyibli, Poylu II Report On Excavations of Poylu II Settlement At Kilometre Point 408.8 of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Archived 2014-10-02 at the Wayback Machine Baku – Azerbaijan, 2008