Poylu, Agstafa


Poylu is a village and municipality in the Agstafa Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 4,302. The municipality consists of the villages of Poylu and Şəkərli, and second village called Poylu.

Archaeology

The ancient Poylu II Settlement was discovered during the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
Excavations revealed several occupational phases. The lowermost layer shows a late Eneolithic period of domestic occupation, dating to the early fourth millennium BC. A multilayer settlement of Leylatepe culture is attested. The Leylatepe deposits start at the natural soil layer. A small amount of Kura-Araxes culture material was also recorded at the depth of between 70cm and 110cm. Yet no clearly defined cultural layer is formed by these deposits.