The Alkhantepe Settlement of the Leylatepe Culture. Radiocarbon Data and Stratigraphy

The paper introduces into scientific discourse radiocarbon chronology of the Alkhantepe settlement ascribed to the Leylatepe culture. This settlement was excavated by T. I. Akhundov in 2009, 2010 and 2012. The author of this paper participated in the 2010 excavations. The materials from the settlement were published by T. I. Akhundov as a monograph in 2021. The data on the site stratigraphy and the radiocarbon data are intended to complement and clarify the publication of T. I. Akhundov who led the excavations as well as contribute to the discussion of relevant issues related to the interpretation of the Leylatepe and Maykop cultures.