REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ARCHAELOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF MOUNT AIYRTAS IN 2022, CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN
Beisenov A.Z.
28 September 2022Altai State University
Theory and Practice of Archaeological Research
2022#34Issue 3131 - 147 pp.
The mountainous area of Aiyrtas is located in the Karkaraly district of the Karaganda region. There, in previous years, the first sites of the early Iron Age were discovered and explored. Among them, eight mounds from three burial grounds were excavated, and settlements of the early Iron Age, Kazakh winterings were also found. In the summer of 2022, under the guidance of the author, a strip 2.6 km long was identified on the upper slope of the mountain, where 8 settlements of the early Iron Age are compactly located. Excavations of the Aiyrtas-3 settlement were carried out. On an area of 432 m2, remains of stone foundations of dwellings and outbuildings were discovered, which, judging by the finds of stone tools and ceramics, belong to two historical eras: the Late Bronze Age and the Saka period. At the same time, questions of the chronology of the upper level of buildings (structures 1–3) will be corrected in the course of obtaining the results of radiocarbon analyses. A few iron objects are associated with the top layer of the site. In the course of research, old Kazakh winterings were discovered, among which, as the author believes, there are earlier ones than those studied in previous years.
Central Kazakhstan , Early Iron Age , Mount Aiyrtas , old Kazakh winter quarters , settlements , Tasmola culture
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“Begazy Tasmola” Research Center of History and Archaeology, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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