entity · arch_srsc1_khojaly_gadabay_horizon
Khojaly–Gadabay horizon
Also known as: Khojaly-Gadabay culture, Xocalı-Gədəbəy culture
A broad Late Bronze and Early Iron Age archaeological classification associated with cemeteries, settlements, metalwork, ceramics, and western Kura-basin sequences.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1400 BCE–700 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · defines or contextualizes classification
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - informs · defines or contextualizes classification
Zayamchay Necropolis — Najaf Museyibli, Shamil Najafov (2019)
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - informs · defines or contextualizes classification
Necropol Gazigulu: Late Bronze–Early Iron Ages Site of the Khojaly-Gedabey Archaeological Culture in Bassin of Tovuzchay River — Shamil N. Najafov (2022)
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion
Research description
The label crosses modern borders and is not a national predecessor, single ethnicity, or surveyed territory. Local cemetery sequences must remain visible.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Archaeological label, not an ethnicity
A modern archaeological classification based on material patterns rather than a secure ancient self-identified people.
Why does this record have this property?
The record groups material, chronological, or regional evidence. No assignment of language, ancestry, ancient self-designation, or modern national continuity follows from the label alone.
- The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age
supports assignment · Regional culture classification and cautions - The Making of Bronze Age Eurasia
contextualizes · Mobility, interaction, and culture models
Evidence and sources
- contextualizes · defines or contextualizes classification
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)Source linked to entity record arch_srsc1_khojaly_gadabay_horizon.
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - contextualizes · defines or contextualizes classification
Zayamchay Necropolis — Najaf Museyibli, Shamil Najafov (2019)Source linked to entity record arch_srsc1_khojaly_gadabay_horizon.
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - contextualizes · defines or contextualizes classification
Necropol Gazigulu: Late Bronze–Early Iron Ages Site of the Khojaly-Gedabey Archaeological Culture in Bassin of Tovuzchay River — Shamil N. Najafov (2022)Source linked to entity record arch_srsc1_khojaly_gadabay_horizon.
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion