Return to the Jetiasar: New Paleoanthropological Materials
Tazhekeyev A. Zhanuzak R. Sultanzhanov Z. Alibay B. Onggaruly A.
30 September 2025Margulan Institute of Archaeology
Kazakhstan Archeology
2025#2025Issue 3277 - 301 pp.
The article presents the results of a paleoanthropological analysis of materials from the Kuraily-Asar burial ground, attributed to the Jetiasar archaeological culture. Radiocarbon dates obtained from human bone samples taken from kurgans Nos. 1 and 3 fall within the range from the mid-3rd to the 6th centuries AD, with the highest probability according to the 2-sigma interval (65.1%) corresponding to the mid-4th to mid-5th centuries AD. Both burials belong to the same chronological stage of development of the Jetiasar archaeological culture. The female series is characterized by a brachycranial type with small longitudinal and medium transverse dimensions of the cranial vault combined with very high vertical indices, as well as a broad and high facial skeleton with weak horizontal profiling. Intragroup variability is expressed in differences between the crania from kurgans Nos. 1 and 3 and a massive skull from kurgan No. 4, which stands out for its relatively large dimensions. The examined female crania exhibit Mongoloid features similar to those observed in materials from other Jetiasar sites (Altynasar-4, Kosasar-2). The male cranium from kurgan No. 5 shows a Europoid morphological complex; however, artificial annular deformation imparted certain features visually approximating it to the Mongoloid type. The osteological part of the collection is represented by gracile skeletons of generally harmonious proportions. The overall data indicate the preservation of morphological features typical of the Jetiasar group, along with intragroup differentiation determined by sex and age variation and possibly by the inclusion of individuals of different population origins. The results confirm the complex and heterogeneous anthropological composition of the Jetiasar culture population of the 1st millennium AD.
Aral Sea region , archaeology , burial rite , circular deformation , craniology , Jetiasar culture , paleoanthropology
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Margulan Institute of Archaeology, Almaty, Kazakhstan
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Margulan Institute of Archaeology
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
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