THE MAUSOLEUM OF THE KARAGAILY AREA
МАВЗОЛЕЙ УРОЧИЩА КАРАГАЙЛЫ
Akhmetova U.T. Plakhov V.V. Pigarev E.M. Muktar A.K. Zhumabayev A.Z. Turaruli A. Baigaliev Z.R. Eskaliev S.A.
2025Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan, A.Kh. Khalikov Archaeology Institute
Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya
2025#4Issue 54108 - 120 pp.
The paper is concerned with the results of archaeological work in the Karagaily area in the Atyrau region of Western Kazakhstan, where the remains of a two-chamber mausoleum of the Golden Horde period were discovered during the studies. In the course of the work, six burials were studied, which were made inside the mausoleum according to pre-Islamic traditions. Radiocarbon dating data are presented, which make it possible to date the burials and determine the diet of the buried. Analogues of the excavated mausoleum are listed, which were discovered in the eastern regions of the Golden Horde. An analysis of the entire complex of sources allowed the authors to suggest an interpretation and dating of the monument. The two main burials (No. 1 and No. 2) were made at the end of the 13th century. At the beginning of the 14th century these graves were probably decorated with tombstones, and a brick two- chamber mausoleum was built over them, in which other burials were made during the first half of the 14th century. The mausoleum indicates the elite status of the buried who converted to Islam, but had not yet abandoned the old traditions.
archaeology , architecture , burials , funeral rite , Golden Horde , Islamization , Karagaily , mausoleum , radiocarbon
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Atyrau University named after Kh. Dosmukhamedov, Studenchesky ave., 1, Atyrau, 060011, Kazakhstan
Russian Geographical Society, Astrakhan, Russian Federation
Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, the Republic of Tatarstan, Butlerov Str., 30, Kazan, 420012, Russian Federation
The Educational and Scientific Archaeological and Ethnological Center, Mari State University, Ryabinin St., 8, Mari El Republic, Yoshkar-Ola, 424000, Russian Federation
State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve «Saraishyk», K. Myrzagali str., 11, Saraishyk, Atyrau Region, 060707, Kazakhstan
Eurasian Humanitarian Institute named after A.K. Kusainov, M. Zhumabayev Prospect, 4, Astana, 010009, Kazakhstan
Atyrau University named after Kh. Dosmukhamedov
Russian Geographical Society
Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov
The Educational and Scientific Archaeological and Ethnological Center
State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve «Saraishyk»
Eurasian Humanitarian Institute named after A.K. Kusainov
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