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been studied on the bases of work tools, weapons and remains
of bones of the hunted animals found
in the caves of Azykh,
Taghlar in Garabagh; Zar in Kelbajar; Gazma in Nakhichevan;
Dashsalahli, Damjyly in Kazakh and Boozier in Lerik.
2. The Stone Age in Azerbaijan
The ancient stage of the Stone Age is called Paleolithic
period. Paleolithic – is a word of Greek origin.
“Palayos”-
means
“ancient” and
“litos” –
means a “stone”, i.e. an an-
cient stone age. As the initial stage of primitive structure
the
Paleolithic period is divided into three stages: Lower Pa-
leolithic, Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic periods.
Since the creation of the first human type the Lower
Paleolithic period continued up to 100 thousand BC. The
life of people of this period has been
studied on the bases of
materials obtained from Azikh cave which is situated near
Fizuli region and the valley of Guruchay (Dry River). In the
most ancient layers of the cave, there were found
rough stone
tools used by primitive people. Those tools were made of
ordinary cobblestones. Primary people used those tools to cut
and chop the animal they hunted.
Over thousands of years,
primitive people developed
physically and mentally a lot. The labor tools were improved.
At first, people prepared rude hand choppers; later on they
prepared scraper-curry-combs and other stone tools. Such
different kinds of tools were found in the lower layers of Azikh
cave. Along with the labor tools the bones of various wild
animals were also found in the cave. According
to those bones
one can identify the species of wild animals hunted by ancient
people. People assimilate finished products of nature.
