Archaeology · Bostanliq District
Obi-Rakhmat Grotto
A Neanderthal hunting camp
Archaeology · Ohangaron District
Kulbulak Palaeolithic Site
A deeply stratified Palaeolithic site near Angren, occupied from the Acheulean to the Upper Palaeolithic and described by specialists as a “workshop site”.
The site
Kulbulak was discovered in 1962 on the Jarsay, a channel of the Kyzylalmasay, and excavated on a large scale by the archaeologist M. R. Kasymov in 1963–1983. Cultural layers were studied to a depth of 19 m without reaching bedrock. The upper layers belong to the Upper Palaeolithic, the middle ones, about 11 m thick, to the Mousterian, and the lowest 5 m to the Acheulean.
Every layer produced stone tools and animal bones, and the Mousterian and Upper Palaeolithic levels also revealed hearths. Because of its distinctive stone-working technique, Kulbulak is known as a “workshop site” and serves as a reference sequence for dating sites across Central Asia and the Middle East.
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Modern · Angren
Yangiobod
A former closed town in the mountains
Archaeology · Ohangaron District
Qaynar Sardoba
The region’s only surviving cistern
Archaeology · Ohangaron District
Kul-Ata Shrine and Ancient Town
A miners’ town and a shrine of springs
Pilgrimage site · Parkent District
Hazrat Ali Buva Shrine
A village shrine by a plane tree and springs