Field studies of medieval tortkul sites in the Talas valley in 2022
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https://doi.org/10.52967/3007-6528.2023.1.253.259Keywords:
Talas valley, Middle Ages, tortkul, excavations, trench, pitAbstract
The article summarizes the preliminary results of field research of medieval tortkul types Medieval sites of the Talas Valley by the South Kazakhstan Complex Archaeological Expedition (head: E.Sh. Akymbek) of the Margulan Institute of Archaeology in 2022 field studies of 19 tortkuli were conducted in the region. These are excavations at the Tortkultobe, Kishi Asa-1, Ornek tortkuls, trench (split) dug work on the outer (defensive) walls of the Kusak, Akaryk, Kapal, Zhuma tortkuls, the pit at the Nauryzbas, Shaidana-2, Asa, Kishi Asa-2, Saza, Kumsuat tortkuli, exploration work at the tortkul sites of Almaly, Karasaz, Shaikoryk, Shaidana-1, Shokai, Ulken. Most of the tortkuls on which excavations were carried out date back to the X–XII centuries.
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