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The works had been
hold by two groups of scientists in Ayaguz, Ulan, Zaysan, Kurchum, Tarbagatay,
Urdzhar, Abay, Katonkaragay and Kokpekty regions of the East Kazakhstan oblast
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
The tasks of the
field studies considered identification, fixation, description and the
preliminary evaluation of the cultural historical and scientific significance
of the monuments of monumental art, which include wide chronology petroglyphs
and stone sculptures. The latter belongs to the ancient Turkic dominion.
Rock drawings
found during the field studies generally can be accepted by the well-known canons,
peculiar to such kind of art monuments of steppe Eurasia. The scenes of hunt,
fight, religious traditional events, the fertility cult reflecting plots, a
number of zoomorphic motives, symbolic signs and compositions, connected with
ancient mythical ritual complexes.
Identification and
analyses of ancient Turkic burial grounds of East Kazakhstan is extremely
important. This part of the republic was one of the most significant regions of
Central Asia, where the formation of ancient Turkic cultural complex took
place, as a phenomenon of the world culture. Depending on the preservation
degree, situational conditions in a definite landscape environment and some
other factors, we used different, peculiar to field archaeology, methods of
fixation the objects.
Fulfilled in 2004
research was of evaluating character, oriented on the identification of the
most prospective monuments from the point of view of their cultural historical
value. That is why the given publication presents preliminary scientific report
on the results of cooperation.
Some known
materials from the East Kazakhstan oblast history museum, Semipalatinsk city
museum and archives of the Institute of archaeology of the Ministry of Science
and Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan had been also used.