Caves of Azerbaijan

There are many natural caves in Azerbaijan. Most of these caves are karstic caves and the rest are volcanic caves (lava tubes). These caves were also the first shelters and dwellings of Stone Age hominids and humans.

Azykh Cave, one of the most famous caves of Azerbaijan, is known as the settlement of Stone Age hominids. It was determined that the cave was the settlement of the Acheulean and the Mousterian cultures. During the period of the Mousterian culture, Neanderthals lived in Azykh Cave.^[2]

List of caves in Azerbaijan

The list does not include all caves.

The list does not include all cave complexes (group of caves connected to each other).

↑ Lan Shaw, Robert Jameson, ed. (2008). A Dictionary of Archaeology. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780470751961.^{[page needed]} (in English)
↑ Лазуков Г. И., Гвоздовер М. Д., Рогинский Я. Я., «Природа и древний человек» Издательство «Мысль», 1981 стр 71-72 (in Russian)
↑ QHT Şuranın dəstəyi ilə Azərbaycanın geoloji təbiət abidələrini tanıdır: Nərimankənd karst mağaraları^{[permanent dead link]} QHT Tribunası (in Azerbaijani)