The settlement is located on the left bank of Araks River in the westward of Makhta village of Sharur region. The place was settled in about the early Bronze Age and was registered in 1985. Located 2 m high from the earth level, it environs arable lands and a channel in the west. South-west part of the settlement was destroyed while railway construction. Surviving area of the settlement is 3 hectares. Explorations in 100 sqm area by V. H. Aliyev and S. H. Ashurov in 1988-89 revealed remnants of a building built form raw-bricks on stone foundation, pieces of clay plates and part of a fireplace. Obsidian arrow tips, graters, obsidian and flint sickles, grain and pestles etc were also discovered in archaeological excavations. During explorations an ancient temple built from stones and stone idols inside it were found out.
Settlement is estimated to be belonging to the 3rd millennium, while its ceramic materials belong to the middle period of the Kur-Araks Civilization.

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