Early Bronze Age of the steppe Urals and Western Kazakhstan: some results and research prospects

The article presents the history of the study and current state of the issues of the Early Bronze Age in Western Kazakhstan. This period in Western Kazakhstan is represented by monuments of the Yamnaya cultural-historical community. Before the beginning of the XXI century Yamnaya sites in Western Ka...

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Main Authors: Khavansky Alexey I., Bisembaev Arman A.
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Language:Russian
Published: Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan, A.Kh. Khalikov Archaeology Institute 2024-12-01
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Online Access:http://archaeologie.pro/en/archive/50/964/
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description The article presents the history of the study and current state of the issues of the Early Bronze Age in Western Kazakhstan. This period in Western Kazakhstan is represented by monuments of the Yamnaya cultural-historical community. Before the beginning of the XXI century Yamnaya sites in Western Kazakhstan were represented by “classical” complexes, studied in the middle of the XX century on the river Ilek, the border of the Southern Ural and Western Kazakhstan. These are Tamar-Utkul VII and Tamar-Utkul VIII, Izobilnoye I and Izobilnoye II burial grounds, separate burials in the Mamai and Kresty burial grounds. Since the beginning of the XXI century, the unique Kumsay I burial ground has been studied in the south of the Aktobe region. It consists of 168 barrows. There are from 1 to 5 burials in each barrow. The burial pose is crouched on the back and sitting. The bones are covered with ocher, both completely and partially. A characteristic feature is the unstable orientation of the buried skeletons. Along with the orientation to the eastern sector, characteristic of the Yamnaya cultural and historical community, at least half of the buried are oriented to the northern sector with deviations. New materials make it possible to raise questions about the southern border of the Yamnaya cultural-historical community, migration routes and cultural contacts of the population of this community.
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spelling doaj-art-c648a61619274841867beb64b7b0e8312025-01-13T16:05:16ZrusAcademy of Sciences of Tatarstan, A.Kh. Khalikov Archaeology InstituteПоволжская археология2306-40992500-28562024-12-01504314210.24852/pa2024.4.50.31.42Early Bronze Age of the steppe Urals and Western Kazakhstan: some results and research prospectsKhavansky Alexey I. 0Bisembaev Arman A. 1The Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 2nd Baumanskaya str., 5, Moscow,105005, Russian Federation; National Research University “Moscow Energy Institute”, Krasnokazarmennaya str., 14, p. 1; Lefortovo, 111250, Moscow, Russian Federation Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Margulan. Dostyk Ave., 44, Shevchenko Str. 28, Almaty, 050010, Republic of Kazakhstan; Associate Professor. Aktobe Regional University named after K. Zhubanov. Aliya Moldagulova Ave., 34, Aktobe, 030000, Republic of KazakhstanThe article presents the history of the study and current state of the issues of the Early Bronze Age in Western Kazakhstan. This period in Western Kazakhstan is represented by monuments of the Yamnaya cultural-historical community. Before the beginning of the XXI century Yamnaya sites in Western Kazakhstan were represented by “classical” complexes, studied in the middle of the XX century on the river Ilek, the border of the Southern Ural and Western Kazakhstan. These are Tamar-Utkul VII and Tamar-Utkul VIII, Izobilnoye I and Izobilnoye II burial grounds, separate burials in the Mamai and Kresty burial grounds. Since the beginning of the XXI century, the unique Kumsay I burial ground has been studied in the south of the Aktobe region. It consists of 168 barrows. There are from 1 to 5 burials in each barrow. The burial pose is crouched on the back and sitting. The bones are covered with ocher, both completely and partially. A characteristic feature is the unstable orientation of the buried skeletons. Along with the orientation to the eastern sector, characteristic of the Yamnaya cultural and historical community, at least half of the buried are oriented to the northern sector with deviations. New materials make it possible to raise questions about the southern border of the Yamnaya cultural-historical community, migration routes and cultural contacts of the population of this community.http://archaeologie.pro/en/archive/50/964/archaeologyyamnaya cultural-historical communitywestern kazakhstankumsay i burial groundburial rite
spellingShingle Khavansky Alexey I.
Bisembaev Arman A.
Early Bronze Age of the steppe Urals and Western Kazakhstan: some results and research prospects
Поволжская археология
archaeology
yamnaya cultural-historical community
western kazakhstan
kumsay i burial ground
burial rite
title Early Bronze Age of the steppe Urals and Western Kazakhstan: some results and research prospects
title_full Early Bronze Age of the steppe Urals and Western Kazakhstan: some results and research prospects
title_fullStr Early Bronze Age of the steppe Urals and Western Kazakhstan: some results and research prospects
title_full_unstemmed Early Bronze Age of the steppe Urals and Western Kazakhstan: some results and research prospects
title_short Early Bronze Age of the steppe Urals and Western Kazakhstan: some results and research prospects
title_sort early bronze age of the steppe urals and western kazakhstan some results and research prospects
topic archaeology
yamnaya cultural-historical community
western kazakhstan
kumsay i burial ground
burial rite
url http://archaeologie.pro/en/archive/50/964/
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