ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AROUND MOUNT AIYRTAS AND THE ISSUE OF IDENTIFYING MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENTS IN EASTERN CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN
ПАМЯТНИКИ ОКРУГИ ГОРЫ АЙЫРТАС И ПРОБЛЕМА ПОИСКА СРЕДНЕВЕКОВЫХ ПОСЕЛЕНИЙ В ВОСТОЧНЫХ РАЙОНАХ ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОГО КАЗАХСТАНА
Beisenov A. Akhiyarov I. Kosintsev P.
2025Cimmeria Publishing
Materialy po Arkheologii i Istorii Antichnogo i Srednevekovogo Prichernomorya
2025#2025Issue 2122 - 33 pp.
During the research in recent years, numerous sites of various periods, including a significant number of Kazakh winter camps, have been discovered in the area of Mount Aiyrtas in eastern Central Kazakhstan. Excavations were carried out at two of the nine settlements. The article presents the results of the investigations at the Aiyrtas-6 settlement, including an archaeozoological analysis of the assemblage comprising 493 animal bones recovered during excavations. One radiocarbon date was obtained from a bone sample at the 14C Chronology Laboratory “Vilnius Radiocarbon” (Vilnius, Lithuania). The site dates back to the late 8th—10th centuries CE and functioned as a winter settlement. The sites of Mount Aiyrtas, including the Aiyrtas-6 settlement, the excavations of which are planned to be continued in the near future, offer significant potential for advancing the study of medieval settlements in the region.
archaeozoological analysis , Central Kazakhstan , excavations , Kazakh Upland , medieval settlements , radiocarbon dating
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“Begazy-Tasmola” Research Center for the History and Archaeology, 175 Zhambyl St., Almaty, 050008, Kazakhstan
Margulan Institute of Archaeology, 44 Dostyk av., Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 202 8 Mart St., Yekaterinburg, 620144, Russian Federation
“Begazy-Tasmola” Research Center for the History and Archaeology
Margulan Institute of Archaeology
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology
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