RESEARCH RESULTS IN THE TASTYOZEK-1 BURIAL GROUND (KOGALI PLAIN) IN 2025

Abstract

The Tastyozek-1 burial ground is part of the archaeological complex in the Kogaly valley, which includes four burial mounds. The relevance of the topic lies in the fact that this complex is the remains of an Early Iron Age burial mound, part of which was destroyed during agricultural work and requires an immediate study of the above-mentioned object. The purpose of the work is to consider the issues of chronology and socio-economic history of the Saks of the Kogaly valley; the objectives are: analysis and characterization of funeral equipment; identification of the dynamics of the development of material culture; identification of the specifics of archaeological sites; identification of cultural and economic ties of the Saka communities in the Kogaly valley and adjacent territories, etc. The methodological basis of the research is a positivist approach to the analysis of archaeological and written sources, as well as the principles of objectivity and historicism, allowing them to consider processes and phenomena in their dynamic development and in all their diversity. The work uses typological, historical-systemic, historical-comparative and historical-genetic methods, as well as interdisciplinary approaches used in modern archaeology. The Tastyozek monuments were studied for the first time in 2025. In this article, for the first time, research materials from two mounds of the Tastyozek-1 burial ground are introduced into scientific circulation. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the following: the chronological framework of the existence of various categories of Saka culture items has been determined on the basis of archaeological material; the dynamics of its development has been traced.; Based on a detailed analysis of the funeral rite and inventory, the specifics of the archaeological sites of the local districts of Kogaly, including on the territory of Zhetysu, have been clarified, and the specifics of the gravel pit have been established. Judging by the external structure and inventory, the above-mentioned necropolis was left by a small family group. The chronological framework of the burial ground's existence is determined within the VI-IV centuries BC. The burial ground is synchronous with other ancient cemeteries included in the Kogaly archaeological complex of the Saka culture.