millennium BC in Azerbaijan the horses were domesticated for the first time. The bones of domesticated
horses were discovered in the residence of ancient Alikomektepeh near Jalilabad region. Hunting and fishing gradually became a second-class
occupation of people. The knitting needle tips found in the
Neolithic monuments showed that population was engaged in
weaving. Various tools and ornaments were made of copper.
The female statues were also found among the cultural
monuments of Azerbaijan in this period. A millennium old
dominant position of the main khakanate generation in the
society of the Eneolithic period gradually came to an end. The
elders of the community council played an important role in
the life of the society. The peculiar burial ceremony of this
period drew a special attention. The dead were buried in
settlements, houses and between the buildings. They drew red
paint (ocher) the dead as a symbol of blood.
In the second half of the 4 th millennium BC the Eneolithic period was replaced by the Bronze Age. It lasted until the end of the 2 nd millennium BC in Azerbaijan. Copper
deposits had been known since ancient times in Azerbaijan.
Bronze, was the new metal as a blend of copper with tin. This
period was called the Bronze Age, because most of tools,
weapons, household and decorative items were made of
bronze. The Bronze Age occupies a very important place in the
development history of the primitive communal system. Male
labor (wooden plow agriculture, cattle-breeding and metal
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processing) skipped forward and matriarchal was replaced by
patriarchal. Property and social inequalities occurred. The
