OGUZ OUTPOST ZHEZDY ON THE NORTHERN CLIFFS OF USTYURT: SOME RESULTS OF THE STUDY

ОГУЗСКИЙ ФОРПОСТ ЖЕЗДЫ НА СЕВЕРНЫХ ЧИНКАХ УСТЮРТА: НЕКОТОРЫЕ ИТОГИ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ
Akhatov G.A. Bisembaev A.A. Khavansky A.I.
2025 Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan, A.Kh. Khalikov Archaeology Institute

Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya
2025 #1 Issue 51 128 - 141 pp.

The article discusses the preliminary results of the study of an interesting monument - a small settlement of the Oguz of the Zhezdy period, located in the north of Ustyurt. The territory of the plateau is characterized by severe natural and geographical conditions. Three periods of human habitation in this place have been identified. The first dates back to the Bronze Age, when there was a settlement synchronous with Toksanbai. The second period, the Hunno-Sarmatian time, is marked by burial complexes and pottery finds. The settlement reached its maximum prosperity during the period of the Oghuz Yabgu State, the political center of which in the IX-XI centuries was located south of the Aral Sea in Zhankent. This is evidenced by a cultural layer filled with ceramics from the IX-XI centuries AD. At the site, a part of the wall and three dwellings with a sufa, a heated floor and the remains of a tandoor were investigated. The central dwelling with its complex architecture, pointed entrance and supports holding up the domed ceiling has been fully studied. In the southern part of the fortress, a dwelling was cleaned, which had a sufu-kan, next to the fireplace near the western wall, a long corridor-entrance from the north and another fireplace near the eastern wall. The cultural layer of the settlement contained a large amount of ceramics and animal bones, among which saiga bones predominated. On Ustyurt, on the northern borders, small mobile military garrisons were kept to protect caravan routes and borders. The study of the Zhezdy fortress allows us to trace the foundation and functioning of state formations of the early and developed Middle Ages of Western Kazakhstan.

ancient settlement , archaeology , Early Middle Ages , Oghuz , Ustyurt , Zhezdy

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Almaty
Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Margulan
Aktobe Regional University named after K. Zhubanov
The Bauman Moscow State Technical University
National Research University

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