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MAIASP. 2024. No. 17
Yeraly Akymbek (Almaty, Kazakhstan), Dokey Taleev (Taraz, Kazakhstan), Mambet Shagirbayev (Almaty, Kazakhstan), Nesipbay Nurgali (Taraz, Kazakhstan)
New research on the site of Kangyu epoch in Teris
valley (based on materials from the Aktobe settlement
in South Kazakhstan)
DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2024.10.14.009
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considers sites related to the “Kangyu period,”
which are relevant for Kazakhstan and Central Asian
archaeology of settlement oases, including materials from archaeological
excavations of the Aktobe settlement, located along
the northern border of the Kangyu tribes. The
purpose of field research is to determine the chronology, characteristics of
the structure, the level of the craft and economy in the settlement. Living
premises of the 1st—2nd centuries CE in the Teris-Asa
valley were revealed as a result of excavations carried out on the lower site
of the ancient settlement. Fragments of ceramic products in the amount of 472
pieces were found in the settlement. Ceramic materials, depending on
operational activities, were divided into three groups: kitchen (14.2%),
canteens (75.2%), household (10.6%). Pots and jugs
were widely used. Among the stone products there are gritters
and stone products with a hole in the center. Similar forms and patterns on
ceramics were found on the sites of the Kangyu
period of the 1—4th centuries in the middle and lower reaches
of the Talas and Syr Darya rivers. There were 191 animal
bones studied, of which 167 bones were identified up to the species. All bone
remains belong to domestic animals. In the sample of domestic ungulates bones
of the small cattle is predominate (44.9%), bones of cattle on the second
place (35.9%), and a horse is on the third (15.5%), Bones of the dog and
donkey were revealed in small numbers. The structure of the bone material and
its degree of fragmentation shows that sheep were slaughtered mainly at the
age of 2 to 4 years, and cattle at the age of 1.5 years. Most individuals of
the horse are slaughtered at the age of 2—2.5 years.
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