Saryarka Archaeological Institute, Buketov Karaganda State University
https://doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2019.47.4.043-052
Abstract
This article describes a high-ranking burial at the Tabyldy cemetery in the Shetsky District of the Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. The mound was encircled with a stone enclosure and marked a double burial of horses with discoid cheek-pieces and metal staples, symbolizing a chariot. Funerary items include a bronze knife-dagger, a goad-head, a metal pendant from a plate twisted 1.5 times and overlaid with gold, paste beads, tubular beads, and potsherds. A detailed description of these items is provided. The cheek-pieces resemble those of the Staroyuryevo type. Their position on the skulls of the horses suggests a reconstruction of the harness. On the basis of new finds, the evolution of the cheek-pieces is proposed. The reconstructed severe bits were made by interweaving metal staples with leather strips. This innovation, securing better driving, was the reason why later cheek-pieces had no studs. A comparative analysis of the burial rite and funerary items suggests an Early Alakul attribution. The fact that the horses ’ heads were oriented to the northeast, like those of the buried humans (judging by the places where the bottoms of ceramic vessels were concentrated), evidences the influence of the Early Timber-Grave (Pokrovsk) culture. The AMS date and its 1 SD limits point to the late 18th to early 17th century BC, suggesting the Nurtai stage of the Alakul culture in Central Kazakhstan.
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Supporting agencies: This study was performed under the projects, “Study of Ethnic and Cultural Processes in Saryarka and Adjacent Regions in the Bronze Age” (grant AP05131774) and “History of the Population Inhabiting the Steppe Zone of Kazakhstan from the Bronze Age to the Initial Early Iron Age (According to Pottery Technology)” (grant AP05131861), supported by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
About the Authors
I. A. Kukushkin
Saryarka Archaeological Institute, Buketov Karaganda State University
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Leading Researcher.
Universitetskaya 28, Karaganda, 100028
E. A. Dmitriev
Saryarka Archaeological Institute, Buketov Karaganda State University
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Junior Researcher.
Universitetskaya 28, Karaganda, 100028
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