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Archeological sites in Azerbaijan first gained public interest in the mid-19th century and were reported by European travellers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ARCHEOLOGY viii. REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN )〕 The Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences now conducts researches into archaeology, ethnography, numismatics, epigraphy, anthropology, ethnosociology and ethnopolitology in Azerbaijan. Since 1999 the Department of History and Archaeology of Khazar University has published the ''Journal of Azerbaijan Archaeology''. In 1920 the Museum of History of Azerbaijan was established, exhibiting archaeological finds from different parts of Azerbaijan. The Ancient and Medieval History sections of the museum have a total of over 25,000 items. Since 1969, museum archaeologists have been conducting underwater archaeological excavations beneath the Caspian Sea. ==Prehistoric findings== Early traces of humans on the territory of Azerbaijan have been found in Azykh Cave ( years ago), together with the remains of a fireplace in the same cave dating to 700,000 years BC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Through the Paleolithic/Epipaleolithic Age )〕 The deposits of Azykh Cave span a vast period of the Paleolithic Age from Early Acheulian to Mousterian.〔 The Taglar Cave is considered the richest example of the Mousterian culture in Caucasus and the Near East.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PALEOLITHIC CAMPS OF AZERBAIJAN )〕 The findings in Gobustan and the Damjili Cave represent Early and Late Mesolithic evidence. In the Early Bronze Age the territory of Azerbaijan was the site of Kura–Araxes culture. The artifacts from Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages are represented particularly by over 230 burials in the vicinity of Lankaran.〔 As a result of surveys and excavations, that began in Mingachevir in 1935, rich archeological evidence from the end of Eneolithic Period to the Late Middle Ages was revealed and more than 20,000 objects have been found. In 2006 a French–Azerbaijani team discovered nine kurgans at the cemetery of Soyuqbulaq. It was dated to the beginning of the 4th millennium BC, which makes it the oldest kurgan cemetery in Transcaucasia. There is also an evidence that the Duzdağı salt deposits in the Araxes valley were already being exploited from the second half of the 5th millennium BC, which is the most ancient exploitation of rock salt attested as of 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The oldest salt mine known to date located in Azerbaijan )〕 The Gobustan National Park, which features prehistoric petroglyphs, is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archaeology of Azerbaijan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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