Dear viewers, today we are launching a project called “Cultural Heritage of our region.” In this project, we will inform you about the ancient history of the western region – historical, architectural, religious, archeological monuments.
One of them is the world-famous “Damjili” cave.
Damjili cave is a cave-camp located in the south-east of Aveydag, under the limestone rock, extending from Dash Salahli village of Gazakh region to Khram river.
Aveydag is the largest of the group of caves. The area is 360 m². It is semicircular. The front part is destroyed. It is 4 meters high on the opposite side and is called dripping due to water droplets filtered through natural cracks. During archeological excavations, nuclei, sharpeners, chisels, knife-shaped tools, plate-shaped knives, arrowheads, etc. were found in the mixed layer.
The nuclei found in the Damjili cave are more than 8,000, more than 550 are tools, and the rest are fragments. In addition, ashes, charcoal and various animal bones were found in the cave. Dark red natural dyes are also found in the finds. According to the technique, shape and comparison of stone products, it belongs to the Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. Damjili cave is located at the eastern foot of Aveydag near Dashsalahli village of Gazakh region.
