Mammadali Huseynov
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Məmmədəli Hüseynov | |
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| Born | April 3, 1922 |
| Died | July 5, 1994 (aged 72) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ethnography |
| Institutions | National Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR |
Mammadali Murad oglu Huseynov (Template:Lang-az) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet archaeologist. In 1960, Huseynov carried out excavations in the valleys of the Quruchay and Kondalanchay Rivers, in Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan SSR. Here, he discovered a fragment of lower jaw of Homo erectus or Azykhantrop[1] in multi-layer sites of the Paleolithic epoch in Azykh and Tağlar Cave.[2]
Biography
Mammadali Murad oglu Huseynov was born on April 3, 1922 in Molla Jafarli village of Gazakh district of Azerbaijan in 1922. He received his primary education and in 1951 Mammadali Huseynov graduated from the History faculty of Azerbaijan State University. From 1951 he worked as a junior research worker at the Museum of History of Azerbaijan. In 1960, he successfully defended his PhD thesis, "Paleolithic cave dwellings on Aveydag Mountain" in Tbilisi. From 1971 to 1994, he led a Stone Age department of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. From 1976 to 1993, he was chairman of the Archaeology and Ethnography department of Azerbaijan State University. In the 1980s, on his personal initiative and direct participation, he created a museum-office of Archaeology and Ethnography at the Academy. In 1987 he received the title of professor. Mammadali Murad oglu Huseynov died on 5 July, 1994.
Scientific activity
Mammadali Murad oglu Huseynov authored 6 books and 100 research works. He is considered the founder of Azerbaijani school in the study of the Paleolithic. In 1960, Huseynov carried out excavations in valleys of the Quruchay and Kondalanchay Rivers, in Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan SSR and found out multilayer sites of the Paleolithic epoch in Azykh (where he found out a fragment of lower jaw of Homo erectus or Azykhantrop) and Taglar Cave.[3] The discovery of Quruchay culture in Karabakh by the prominent representative of archaeological science — Mammadali Huseynov and his colleagues also the monument of Azikh cave, as well as monuments of ancient Palaeolithic that were found in Kazakh, Nakhichevan, Lerik and other regions of the country proved that Azerbaijan referred to the territories of initial occupation. Although Quruchay culture concerned to 1.5 min. years ago, M.Huseynov who discovered this culture referred its formation to 1.7 — 2,1 min. years ago. The discovered cultural materials in the caves of Azikh and Taglar (Karabagh), Damjili and Dashsalahli (on the Aveydagh mountain, the region of Kazakh, Zara, Kalbajar), Qazma (Nakhichevan) and Buzeir (Lerik) give us rich and various evidences about the ancient people that settled in the territories of Azerbaijan during the periods of the Palaeolithic Age. Azikh cave played an important and special role among the monuments of Palaeolithic period in Azerbaijan. At the result of investigations there were revealed 6 huge halls and plenty of archaeological materials, laid in 10 cultural stratums, concerned to the Lower Palaeolithic — the stages of shel, ashel as well as the Middle Palaeolithic period. Stone tools of labour that were discovered here gave us information about the settlers and their livestock on the shore of Quruchay river. The most essential scientific discovery of Azikh cave should be considered a piece of jaw with two teeth, which was found in 1968, in the 5th stratum. The scientific investigations that were carried out with the modernist methods and technical equipment of the last quarter of XX century proved that this jaw belonged to 18–22 years old woman, who lived 350-400 thousand years ago, it means at the Middle Ashel Age of Lower Palaeolithic Period. This discovery was the most ancient item that found in the territory of USSR and where the jaw discovered according to the same place it was called as "Azikhantrop" ("human from Azikh"). The remaining of Azikhantrop especially, allowed us know that the territory of Azerbaijan is included to the line of the ancient settled territories of the world.Zardabli, Ismail bey (2014). THE HISTORY OF AZERBAIJAN: from ancient times to the present day. LULU PRESS INC. p. 14. ISBN 1291971319 9781291971316. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)
Books
- Archeology of Azerbaijan (The Stone Age), (1975)
- Ancient Paleolithic of Azerbaijan: Qarachay culture and its development stages: 1,500,000-70,000 ago. (1985)
- Paleolithic of Azerbaijan (in co-authorship with A.K.Jafarov), (1986)
References
- ^ Г. И. Лазуков (1981). Природа и древний человек: основные этапы развития природы палеолитического человека и его культуры на территории СССР в плейстоцене. Мысль. pp. 71–72.
- ^ Əsədulla Cəfərov. (2002). Azərbaycan paleolit məktəbinin banisi. «Azərbaycan Arxeologiyası». pp. 11–12.
- ^ "The fragment of a lower jaw from Asykh Cave". Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces. Retrieved 9 March 2017.