Research of M. Kadyrbayev in the eastern regions of Saryarka and Karamolа type sites

Abstract

The article analyzes the archival materials of M. Kadyrbayev on the kurgans of the northeastern Balkhash region that he studied in 1967–1968 and raises the problem of the connection of these data with the sites of the Karamola type. Sites of this type (5th–3rd centuries BC) were identified by the burial mounds of the southeastern and southern regions of the Karaganda region, their main area is assumed to be the vast territory of the Chingiztau ridge. The first series of Karamola burials were investigated by M. Kadyrbayev in those years. On the initiative of A. Beisenov, a search was carried out for paleoanthropological materials from M. Kadyrbayev’s excavations. A human skull was found in kurgan 4 of the Kayraktas burial ground, investigated in 1968, which made it possible to obtain one radiocarbon date. It is very important to accelerate the accumulation of archaeological data from Karamolа type sites. Analyzing M. Kadyrbayev’s materials on the north-eastern regions of Balkhash, the author emphasizes the need to organize a new study in the scientist’s footsteps for the re-discovery of these burial grounds.