entity · site_srsc1_oglanqala
Oğlanqala
Also known as: Oglan Qala, Oğlan Qala
A fortified settlement in Nakhchivan whose earliest excavated occupation belongs near the transition into the Early Iron Age.
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.
900 BCE–300 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides site or sequence evidence
On the Edge of Empire: 2008 and 2009 Excavations at Oğlanqala, Azerbaijan — Lauren Ristvet, Hilary Gopnik, Veli Bakhshaliyev, Hannah Lau, Safar Ashurov, Robert Bryant (2012)
Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record - informs · provides site or sequence evidence
Highland Fortress-Polities and Their Settlement Systems in the Southern Caucasus — Emily Hammer (2014)
Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record
Research description
The site anchors a broader fortress landscape but its architecture and ceramics do not automatically indicate direct Urartian rule.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Fortified highland centre
A settlement with defensible elevated position and substantial fortification evidence.
Why does this record have this property?
Excavation or project evidence supports a defensible elevated centre. The property does not establish a capital, fixed frontier, or centralized territorial state.
- On the Edge of Empire: 2008 and 2009 Excavations at Oğlanqala, Azerbaijan
supports assignment · Fortification and settlement context - Highland Fortress-Polities and Their Settlement Systems in the Southern Caucasus
supports assignment · Fortification and settlement context
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides site or sequence evidence
On the Edge of Empire: 2008 and 2009 Excavations at Oğlanqala, Azerbaijan — Lauren Ristvet, Hilary Gopnik, Veli Bakhshaliyev, Hannah Lau, Safar Ashurov, Robert Bryant (2012)Source linked to entity record site_srsc1_oglanqala.
Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record - supports · provides site or sequence evidence
Highland Fortress-Polities and Their Settlement Systems in the Southern Caucasus — Emily Hammer (2014)Source linked to entity record site_srsc1_oglanqala.
Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record