Govurqala, Nakhchivan

Govurqala is a name shared by four archaeological sites in Azerbaijan, located in Nakhchivan.

Govurqala here is 35 km north-west from Nakhchivan, on the left bank of Araz. Inhabited place is dated back to the Bronze Age (3rd–2nd century BC), the area is over 5 ha.[1] During the 1936 and 1967–75 excavations different stone tools, monochrome and polychrome ceramics, stone tombs etc. were revealed.[1] In the middle of the 2nd century BC, the place turned into the town-like settlement and the centre of tribal alliances.[1] Population was engaged in agriculture, stock-breeding and pottery-making.[1]