Khagani I. Almammadov^1,*, Elena N. Tagieva^2,**

¹Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku
²G.A. Aliyev Institute of Geography of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku

*E-mail: almamedov.2020@gmail.com
**E-mail: tagelena@rambler.ru

Keywords: Qarabag (Karabakh) plain, the settlement of Leylatepe, the settlement of Farmantepe, the Leylatepe culture, the Neolithic, the Eneolithic, palynology.

Climatic changes that took place in the 4th millennium BC (the second half of the Atlantic period, 6–5 thousand years ago) as revealed with the palynological data from the settlements of the Qarabag (Karabakh) plain of Central Azerbaijan caused direct changes in the lifestyle and economic structure of the Leylatepe culture carriers. Three consecutive changes in humidity were recorded, each of which coincides with a certain type of settlements, differing in their topography, quality of the construction material used, area and density of settlement.

DOI: 10.31857/S086960630017480-7