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Studies on age determination at the Institute of Radiation Problems of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan have yielded new findings.

Thus, Aybeniz Ahadova, a junior researcher in the Institute's "Archaeological Dating" section, used "Electron Paramagnetic Resonance" and "Thermoluminescence" techniques to ascertain the ages of the ancient archeological findings. She discovered during her investigation that the tooth sample from the ancient Khudutepe town, which was found in the Jalilabad region, dates back to 6225 BC.

The mentioned studies also determined the baking temperature of the ceramic sample taken from that monument.

Anar Aghalarzadeh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, and leading researcher at the ANAS Institute of Archaeology, Ethnography, and Anthropology, supervised the "Jalilabad archaeological expedition" that uncovered the Khudutepe monument, which is a significant multi-layered settlement. The Neolithic artifacts discovered during the excavations, along with examples of pottery made in the styles of Alikomektepe and Leylatepe and a copper coin with the name of Abu Said Bahadur Khan (1305–1335), the ninth ruler of the Elkhan dynasty, prove the monument's multilayered structure.

It should be noted that archeological findings are dated by three different methods (radiocarbon, electron paramagnetic resonance, and thermoluminescence) under the direction of Associate Professor Sahib Mammadov, a leading researcher at the Institute of Radiation Problems, and the precise age of the findings is determined.

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