Stone Age
I was literally amazed at the size of the karst cavity. Suffice it to say that the height of ceiling of the cave at the main entrance reached 25 m, and the power of cave deposits containing archaeological layers consisted of 14 m. And privhodovoy of them all. selected excavations, which continued for 20 years! Etched in the memory of the freshness of the December day, the blue ridges of Nagorno-Karabakh, and the dry spiny grass, planted between my pages Field diary is still smelled of mint, and smell it again beckons to the mountains, on a long journey and the new cave. It is no accident that so many people fond place generations of the Stone Age. Total excavated in the cave allocated 10 archaeological layers. And cover the whole thickness of the impressive colossus years – about 1 million now we are interested in the lowest strata, dating which makes them one of the most ancient monuments on the territory our country. The top six layers are included in the multi-colored loam mass, "filled with debris, fallen from the ceiling caves.
Only in the sixth layer contains large pebbles, likely associated with the rise of the river Kuruchay, water which fell into privhodovuyu part of the cave. And below, at a depth of several feet, until rock bottom is very compact, solid grayish-bluish clay loam, weathered limestone filled with rubble rubble and pebbles. This is the pebble and has played an important role in the history of the study Azykh cave.