The Neolithic Shulaveri-Shomu culture that formed in the Southern Caucasus is connected with the name of this monument.

During the 1960s, I. G. Narimanov, was the first to recognize a new culture that he named 'Shomu', after he excavated this site on the outskirts of Agstafa.

The thickness of the cultural level at the settlement varies from 1 to 2.5 m.[2] The inhabitants of Shomutape lived in small round houses built of unbaked plano-convex bricks.

The lithic industry of the inhabitants was almost exclusively based on obsidian, consisting mainly of blades, but sometimes also using microliths.

Ceramics were made of clay mixed with sand, and sometimes covered with red paint.