Cemetery
Location: Karkhulu, Jabrayil
Condition Assessment
Status: Major damage
Located in the Karkhulu village, in the Jabrayil district, this cemetery appears on the list of heritage sites of the Republic of Azerbaijan (inventory No. 5791) as an archaeological monument dating to the 17-18 th centuries. 1
Comparison of Hexagon satellite imagery dated July 1980 2 with satellite imagery captured in April 2010 3 shows minor damage to the cemetery caused by the excavation of what appears to be a backhoe trench near the center of the territory.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the cemetery in July 1980; 2 drag left to see the cemetery in April 2010. 3
Between March 2016 4 and September 2018, 5 excavations in the cemetery appear to have expanded significantly, causing major damage to the site across three lateral cuts, each approximately 50m long and 4-5m wide.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the cemetery in March 2016; 4 drag left to see the cemetery in September 2018. 5
Geolocation
CHW was able to geolocate the cemetery using a topographic map from 1957. 6 We confirmed its location using KH-9 Hexagon imagery from 1980 2 and modern satellite sources. 3,4,5
The cemetery on a 1:25K scale map of 1957. 6
References
2 KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-100138A005, July 3, 1980.
3 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, April 8, 2010.
4 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, March 4, 2016
5 Google Earth/CNES/Airbus, September 10, 2018.
6 1:25K scale topographic map of the Soviet General Staff (Sheet J-38-23-V-g, 1957).
