MAIASP. 2024. No. 18

Sergazy Sakenov (Semey, Kazakhstan), Aikumis Raissova (Durham, United Kingdom), Olzhas Mysyr (Semey, Kazakhstan), Zerrin Aydın Tavukçu (Erzurum, Turkey)

Interdisciplinary study of anthropological material from the settlement of Shagalaly II

DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2024.19.63.001

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Pages: 7—28

Due to the widespread use of natural science methods in archaeological research, the study of intramural burials of the Bronze Age is becoming more relevant. The paper presents for the first time the results of an anthropological analysis conducted on materials obtained on the territory of the settlement of Shagalaly II (Zerendy district, Akmola region, Republic of Kazakhstan). Based on the results of archaeological and anthropological research, the burial materials given in the article are interpreted and divided into several categories. Structural and comparative analyses revealed the following types of intramural burials on the territory of the settlement: special burials, building sacrifices and the reuse of existing burial structures. Burial complexes in settlements make it possible to reconstruct the religious and ideological views of the population of the Bronze Age.

Key words: Northern Kazakhstan, Eneolithic, Botai culture, ornamented phalanges of ungulates, anthropomorphic plastic art, mobile art.

Received  June 1, 2024

Accepted for publication June 16, 2024.

About the authors:

Sakenov Sergazy (Semey, Kazakhstan). PhD, Alikhan Bokeikhan University.

E-mail: sergazi_82@mail.ru

Raissova Aikumis (Durham, United Kingdom). PhD Candidate of Durham University.

E-mail: aikumisraisova@mail.ru

Mysyr Olzhas (Semey, Kazakhstan). Alikhan Bokeikhan University

E-mail: odaurenuly@mail.ru

Aydın Tavukçu Zerrin (Erzurum, Turkey). Doctor of Social Sciences, Associate Professor, Ataturk University.

E-mail: ztavukcu@atauni.edu.tr