- Monument date
- 6th–7th centuries
- PlacementPrevious toponym
In the village of Pambak (Gushchu, Göldek, Pambakli) in the Basarkechar district of the Goycha district
- PlacementCurrent toponym
Basarkechar district – Vardenis since 11.06.1938
- Classification
Architecture
- Current situation
Some of the ancient tombstones were destroyed by the Armenians. The rest are currently presented as "Armenian monuments" with elements specific to Armenians added to them.
- Information
The remains of the chests in the ancient cemetery are material evidence of the at least 1500-year history of the settlement of Pambek by the Oghuz Turks. The chest tombstones located in the territory of the ancient cemetery in Duzdag were 0.7–0.8 m wide, 2 m long, and 0.4–0.5 m high.
In the “Comprehensive Book of the Yerevan Province”, Gushchu is marked as the Gushi Valley on the 5-mile map of the Caucasus. In Armenian sources, as well as in official documents of the 20th century, the name of the village is Pambek. Another name for the village was Pambekli.Toponim quşçu türk etnonimi ilə “iki dağ və ya təpə arasında, eləcə də düzənlikdə uzun dərin çuxur” mənasında işlənən dərə sözünün birləşməsindən əmələ gəlmişdir. “Dərədə quşçu tayfasının yaşadığı kənd” mənasını ifadə edir. Etnotoponimdir. Quruluşca mürəkkəb toponimdir.
