Burials at Bronze Age settlements in North-Eastern pre-Caspian
Loshakova T.
19 December 2022Margulan Institute of Archaeology
Kazakhstan Archeology
2022#2022Issue 473 - 83 pp.
The article focuses on the study of human burial practice in the settlements of the Bronze Age of Eurasia. Two such burials were found at the Toksanbay settlement in the Northeastern Caspian region during the study of residential structures. The recorded burials and accompanying inventory can be attributed to sacrificial complexes, which are traces of committed cult actions. For the region, these are the first burials of this kind. At the settlement of Toksanbay, the deposition of certain parts of the human body was noted - in both cases, only fragments of the lower extremities, pelvic bones and ribs were noted. It is definitely not possible to identify the direction of the ritual action for which these burials were performed in the settlement, due to the lack of materials for this region. According to a number of signs, the author is inclined to consider these burials as construction victims. Layers with burials according to C14 date from the 18th-17th centuries BC. Materials on burial in settlements, especially for the territory of Eurasia, were few until the middle of the 20th century, and therefore the topic remains poorly developed today. At the moment, considerable material has been accumulated illustrating the tradition of human burials in settlements in different variations of its manifestation on the territory of the Eurasian space.
Archaeology , Central Kazakhstan , Chimneys , Late Bronze Age , Metallurgy , Shaft furnaces , Slag , Wells
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Margulan Institute of Archaeology, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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