The Great Belt of the Eurasian Steppes: Transformation of Cultures across Time and Space" Symposium Programme
04 Aug 2026
2nd International Archaeological Symposium · dedicated to the 35th Anniversary of the Margulan Institute of Archaeology
"The Great Belt of the Eurasian Steppes: Transformation of Cultures across Time and Space"
Symposium Programme
Contents
Schedule
General Programme
| 22–23 September | Arrival and Accommodation of Symposium Participants |
| 24 September | 09.00–10.00 Registration of Participants; Book Exhibition "Publications of the Margulan Institute of Archaeology (2021–2025)"; Photo Exhibition "Dialogue with Time…"; 10.00–12.50 Plenary Session; 12.50–13.50 Buffet Lunch; 14.00–18.00 Panel Sessions Nos. 1–4; 17.30–18.00 Summary of the Day's Panel Sessions; 19.00 Informal Dinner (Grand Hall Astana Restaurant, 50 Turan Ave.) |
| 25 September | 09.00–13.00 Panel Sessions (continued); 13.00–14.00 Buffet Lunch; 14.00–15.00 Closing of the Symposium and Adoption of the Resolution; 15.00–18.00 City Tour |
| 26 September | Departure of Non-Local Symposium Participants |
The Symposium is held within the framework of programme-targeted funding by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, BR 24992951 "Archaeological Heritage of Saryarka (From the Stone Age to the Middle Ages)".
24 September
Plenary Session
10.00–12.50 · Nazarbayev University, Block C3, Red Hall (53 Kabanbay Batyr Ave.)
For Online Participants: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88130551673 Meeting ID: 881 3055 1673 Passcode: 685532
| Opening of the Symposium | |
| Moderator: Akan Ongaruly, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Director General of the Margulan Institute of Archaeology, Committee of Science, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan | |
| Welcome Remarks | |
| 10.00–10.05 | Sayasat NurbekMinister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| 10.05–10.10 | Arman KyrykbayevMinister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| 10.10–10.15 | Waqar AhmadChair of the Board of Trustees, President of Nazarbayev University |
| Reports | |
| 10.20–10.35 | Akan OngarulyCandidate of Historical Sciences, Director General of the Margulan Institute of Archaeology (Almaty, Kazakhstan)35 Years of Archaeology in Kazakhstan: Research Achievements, New Directions, and Prospects for Development |
| 10.35–10.50 | Zhaken TaimagambetovDoctor of Historical Sciences, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the RK, Chief Researcher at the National Museum of the RK (Astana, Kazakhstan)The Caves of Kazakhstan Reveal Their Secrets |
| 10.50–11.05 | Andrey PolyakovDoctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Director of the Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St Petersburg, Russia)The Current State of Research on Early and Middle Bronze Age Materials from the Minusinsk Steppes |
| 11.05–11.20 | Viktor Vasilyevich VarfolomeevCandidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, Ethnology and National History, Academician E.A. Buketov Karaganda National Research University (Karaganda, Kazakhstan)Economic and Cultural Centres of the Eastern Area of the Roller Pottery Cultural Community |
| 11.20–11.35 | Wang JianxinChief Professor, Research Centre for Archaeological Cooperation along the Silk Road, Northwest University (Xi'an, China)Archaeological Research on the Culture of the Ancient Yuezhi (in Chinese) |
| 11.35–11.50 | Zainolla SamashevDoctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher at the Margulan Institute of Archaeology (Astana, Kazakhstan)Saka Envoys Depicted on the Reliefs of Persepolis (Late 6th Century BC) |
| 11.50–12.05 | Wei JianProfessor, Institute for the Development of China, Russia and Mongolia, Inner Mongolia University (Hohhot, China)The Significance of the Archaeological Discoveries at the Tangchaodun Ancient City Site in Xinjiang (in Chinese) |
| 12.05–12.20 | Farkhod Alijonogly MaksudovDoctor of Historical Sciences, Director of the Institute of Anthropology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)Discourses in Central Asian Archaeology |
| 12.20–12.35 | Carolyn (Carrie) Makarewicz (University of Haifa, Israel), Alan Outram (University of Exeter, UK), Ernesto Sandoval (University of La Laguna, Spain), Thomas Larsen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Andrew Pryor (University of Exeter, UK), Viktor Merts, Candidate of Historical Sciences (Margulan Joint Archaeological Research Centre, Toraighyrov University, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan)Human-Mediated Equine Mobility and Pathways to Early Horse Husbandry |
| 12.35–12.40 Group Photo of Symposium Participants · 12.40–14.00 Lunch | |
24 September
Panel Sessions 14.00 – 18.00
Panel Session No. 1 "Caves as Archaeological Archives of the Eurasian Stone Age"Nazarbayev University, Block C3, 3rd Floor, Room 3030▾
Moderator: Talgat Mamirov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Stone Age Archaeology Department, Margulan Institute of Archaeology ｜ Secretary: Saule Rakhimzhanova, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher, Department of Stone Age Archaeology
Presentation Time Limits: presentation — 25 min., discussion contributions — 1–3 min.
For Online Participants: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83982255228 ID: 839 8225 5228 Passcode: 699164
| 14.00–14.25 | Azad Asadogly ZeynalovCandidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (Baku, Azerbaijan)Azykh Cave in the Archaeology of Eurasia |
| 14.30–14.55 | Rustam SuleimanovDoctor of Historical Sciences, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Anthropology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor at the National University of Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)Preliminary Results of the Study of the Lithic Industry from Khatak Cave |
| 15.00–15.25 | Radu IovitaPhD, Associate Professor at New York University (New York, USA)Ten Years of Stone Age Research in the Prehistoric Caves of Kazakhstan (online, in English) |
| 15.30–15.55 | Vladislav ZhitenevDoctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of History, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia)Archaeological Micromorphology of Cultural Layers at Palaeolithic Cave Sites in the Southern Urals |
| 16.00–16.25 | Evgenia Aleksandrovna Osipova, PhD (University of Perpignan Via Domitia, France), Anne-Marie Moigne, PhD (National Museum of Natural History, Musée de l'Homme, France)Homo erectus from the Arago Cave (Eastern Pyrenees, France) (online, in English) |
| 16.30–16.55 | Yagub Mammadov VagifPhD in History, Leading Research Fellow, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology of ANAS (Baku, Azerbaijan)Damjili Cave: A Unique Stone Age Site in the South Caucasus (in English) |
| 17.00–17.25 | Maksim Borisovich KozlikinDoctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher, Department of Stone Age Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk, Russia)Interdisciplinary Research at Denisova Cave in the Altai (online) |
| 17.30–18.00 | Summary of the Day |
25 September · 09.00–13.00 · same room, 3030
For Online Participants: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81199230447 ID: 811 9923 0447 Passcode: 162409
| 09.00–09.25 | William RenduPhD, Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Director of the Kazakh-French International Research Centre ZooStan at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU) (Paris, France)The French-Kazakh Archaeological Mission: Investigating the Paleoecological Context of Human Settlement in Kazakhstan's Mountain Environments (online, in English) |
| 09.30–09.55 | Saltanat AlisherkyzyCandidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Institute of History and Law, Osh State University (Osh, Kyrgyz Republic)Cave Sites of Southern Kyrgyzstan as a Source for the Study of the Stone Age: History of Research, Current Issues, and Prospects |
| 10.00–10.25 | Ksenia Anatolyevna KolobovaDoctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chief Researcher, Department of Stone Age Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of RAS (Novosibirsk, Russia)Research on Cave Complexes of the Sibiryachikha Variant of the Altai Middle Palaeolithic (online) |
| 10.30–10.55 | Svetlana Vladimirovna ShnaiderCandidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher, Department of Stone Age Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of RAS (Novosibirsk, Russia); Head of the ZooStan Laboratory at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan)Cave Sites of the Pamir Highlands |
| 11.00–11.25 | Abai NamenPhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nazarbayev University (Astana, Kazakhstan)Results of Archaeological Excavations at the Kh.A. Alpysbayev Cave |
| 11.30–11.55 | Olga Zaitseva, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Evgeny Vodyasov, Candidate of Historical Sciences (D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan)Between Cave and Grotto: Approaches to Identifying and Interpreting Stone Age Rock Art in Eastern Kazakhstan |
| 12.00–12.25 | Pavel KosintsevCandidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher, Institute of History and Archaeology, Ural Branch of RAS; Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of RAS; Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg, Russia)Archaeology in the Caves of the Urals |
| 12.30–13.00 | Summary of the Panel Session |
Panel Session No. 2 "Proto-Industrial Landscapes of the Bronze Age: The Role of Settlements in Steppe Eurasia in Transcontinental Metal Supply Chains"Nazarbayev University, Block C3, Rooms 2001 / 1010▾
Moderator: Sergazy Sakenov, PhD, Head of the Department of Palaeometal Age Archaeology, Margulan Institute of Archaeology ｜ Secretary: Gulnaz Kulmaganbetova, Researcher, Department of Palaeometal Age Archaeology
Presentation Time Limits: presentation — 25 min., discussion contributions — 1–3 min.
For Online Participants: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83458526394 ID: 834 5852 6394 Passcode: 929481
| 14.00–14.25 | Valery LomanCandidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher, Saryarka Archaeological Institute, Academician E.A. Buketov Karaganda National Research University (Karaganda, Kazakhstan)Dongal-Type Sites as a Cultural and Chronological Indicator of the Transition from the Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age |
| 14.30–14.55 | Olga KorochkovaDoctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Department of Archaeology and Ethnology, Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin (Yekaterinburg, Russia)Transfer of Metal, Ideas, and Technologies in the Urals during the Bronze Age |
| 15.00–15.25 | Xian Yiheng, PhD (Northwest University, Xi'an, China), Chen Guoke, PhD, Director of the Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology (Lanzhou, China)Gemstone and Jade Mining and Their Interregional Circulation in Northwestern China during the Bronze Age (in English) |
| 15.30–15.55 | Igor Kukushkin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Evgeny Dmitriev, Master of Humanities, Alexey Kukushkin, PhD, Director (all — Saryarka Archaeological Institute, Academician E.A. Buketov Karaganda National Research University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan)Key Results of the Study of Alakul Culture Burial Sites in Central Kazakhstan: An Overview of the Current State of Research |
| 16.00–16.25 | Naga TerbayirPhD, Lecturer at Inner Mongolia University, Visiting Researcher at the Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology (Hohhot, China)Archaeological Sites and Metallurgical Technologies of the Early Bronze Age in Xinjiang |
| 16.30–16.55 | Henny PiezonkaProfessor, Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Free University of Berlin (Berlin, Germany)Translocal Communities in Bronze Age Siberia: A New Look at Seima-Turbino, the "Flowerpot Complex" and the Expansion of Uralic Languages (online, in English) |
| 17.00–17.25 | Laurent FrantzProfessor of Palaeogenomics of Domestic Animals, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Munich, Germany)Tracking Human-Mediated Movements of Pets and Livestock across Eurasia Using Ancient DNA (in English) |
| 17.30–18.00 | Summary of the Day |
25 September · 09.00–13.00 · Room 1010
For Online Participants: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89471348910 ID: 894 7134 8910 Passcode: 915032
| 09.00–09.25 | Anton GoncharovPhD, Researcher at the State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz (Chemnitz, Germany)Bronze Age Metal in Central and Eastern Kazakhstan: Exchange and Technological Contacts between Metal-Producing Regions |
| 09.30–09.55 | Tzilla EshelAssociate Professor, University of Haifa (Haifa, Israel)Tin, Silver and the Invention of Money in the Third Millennium BCE (in English) |
| 10.00–10.25 | Dmitry PapinCandidate of Historical Sciences, Head of the Barnaul Laboratory of Archaeology and Ethnography of Southern Siberia, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of RAS; Leading Researcher at Altai State University (Barnaul, Russia)The Eastern Oecumene of the Sargary-Alekseevka Culture |
| 10.30–10.55 | Emma Usmanova (Saryarka Archaeological Institute, Karaganda, Kazakhstan), Nadezhda Asaeva, Master's Student, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Almaty, Kazakhstan)The Production Landscape of the Bozshakol Mining and Metallurgical Complex |
| 11.00–11.25 | Evgeny VodyasovCandidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Altyn Altai Museum, D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University (Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan)Metallurgists' Settlements in Eastern Kazakhstan in the Eurasian Context of Tin Mining and Supply |
| 11.30–11.55 | Tanja SchreiberPhD, Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Free University of Berlin (Berlin, Germany)Bronze Age Fortified Settlements in Northeastern Siberia: Influences from the Steppe? (in English) |
| 12.00–12.25 | Arlan SadykovPhD Student, Nazarbayev University (Astana, Kazakhstan)Mobile Pastoralists and Metallurgical Exchange Networks in the Late Bronze Age Karakum (in English) |
| 12.30–13.00 | Summary of the Panel Session |
Panel Session No. 3 "The Phenomenon of Steppe Civilization: Power, Society, and Cultural Transformations"Nazarbayev University, Block C3, Red Hall▾
Moderator: Maral Khabdulina, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Director of the K.A. Akishev Research Institute of Archaeology at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University ｜ Secretary: Zhanbolat Utubayev, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Early Iron Age Archaeology, Margulan Institute of Archaeology
Presentation Time Limits: presentation — 20 min., discussion contributions — 1–3 min.
For Online Participants: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/81289406794 ID: 812 8940 6794 Passcode: 842333
| 14.00–14.20 | Maral KhabdulinaCandidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Director of the K.A. Akishev Research Institute of Archaeology at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Astana, Kazakhstan)Archaeological Origins of Steppe Civilization: Cultural Transformation from the Eneolithic to the Formation of the Nomadic World |
| 14.25–14.45 | Sergey BolelovCandidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the State Museum of Oriental Art (Moscow, Russia)The Southern Aral Sea Region on the Threshold of Statehood: Models of the Emergence of Early Agricultural Culture in the Lower Reaches of the Oxus and Jaxartes |
| 14.50–15.10 | Alexander PodushkinDoctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Ozbekali Zhanibekov South Kazakhstan Pedagogical University (Shymkent, Kazakhstan)The System of Power and Society of the Kangju State from the 2nd Century BC to the 4th Century AD (Based on Written Sources, Epigraphic Artefacts, and Archaeological Evidence) |
| 15.15–15.35 | Chun JianrongDirector of the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology (Xi'an, China)Discovery and Research of Qin–Han Period Cast-Iron Production Sites in Shaanxi (in Chinese) |
| 15.40–16.00 | Kubatbek TabaldievCandidate of Historical Sciences, Professor, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic)The Role of Local and Incoming Cultures in the Formation of the Saka Culture of the Inner Tien Shan in the 5th–3rd Centuries BC (online) |
| 16.05–16.25 | Dmitry KirichenkoCandidate of Historical Sciences, Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (Baku, Azerbaijan)Cylinder and Stamp Seals of the Early Iron Age from Southeastern Azerbaijan |
| 16.30–16.50 | Liang YunProfessor, Institute of Cultural Heritage, Northwest University (Xi'an, China)Sarmatian Culture and the Westward Migration of the Huns (in Chinese) |
| 16.55–17.15 | Saltanat AmirPhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Scientific Research Department, The British Museum (London, England)Complexity, Inequality, and the "Wealth Pump" in the Iron Age Saka Period of East Kazakhstan (online, in English) |
| 17.20–17.40 | Aibar Kassenali, PhD, Chief Researcher, Centre for Research and Preservation of Cultural Heritage LLP (Astana, Kazakhstan); Syrym Gadylbekuly Yessen, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Astana International University (Astana, Kazakhstan)The Sacred Landscape of Ulytau in the System of Ritual Practices of the Ancient Population of the Great Steppe |
| 17.45–18.00 | Summary of the Day |
25 September · 09.00–13.00 · Red Hall
For Online Participants: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/84251955285 ID: 842 5195 5285 Passcode: 020067
| 09.00–09.20 | Yana LukpanovaSenior Researcher, Department of Historical and Cultural Archaeology, Zhaiyk Settlement Museum-Reserve (Oral, Kazakhstan)Mobility and Cultural Continuity among the Early Nomads of the Southern Urals |
| 09.25–09.45 | Mu JinshanResearcher, Research Centre for Archaeological Cooperation along the Silk Road, Northwest University (Xi'an, China)Painted Ceramics of the Pazyryk Culture: Research Findings and the Origins of the Tradition (in Chinese) |
| 09.50–10.10 | Nikolai SereginDoctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Altai State University (AltSU) (Barnaul, Russia)The Late 1st-Millennium BC Necropolis at the Katanda-I Site (Central Altai): On Cultural Transformations during the Xiongnu Period |
| 10.15–10.35 | Gani Omarov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan), Baurzhan Besetayev, Senior Lecturer, same DepartmentThe Saka Period in Eastern Kazakhstan in the Context of the Phenomenon of Steppe Civilization |
| 10.40–11.00 | Li WeiweiResearcher, Research Centre for Archaeological Cooperation along the Silk Road, Northwest University (Xi'an, China)Recent Archaeological Discoveries at the Sazagan Site and New Perspectives on Kangju-Period Burials in Sogdiana (in Chinese) |
| 11.05–11.25 | Sergey YaryginPhD, Leading Researcher, Margulan Institute of Archaeology (Astana, Kazakhstan)Two New Stone Statues from Sandyktau in the Context of the Statuary Tradition of the Eurasian Steppes |
| 11.30–11.50 | Muzafer Gursoy, PhD, Leading Researcher, Research Institute of Archaeology, Khoja Ahmed Yasawi International Kazakh-Turkish University (Turkistan, Kazakhstan); Akylbek S.Sh., Senior Researcher, Otyrar State Archaeological Museum-Reserve (Turkistan, Kazakhstan)Cultural Transformation Processes in the Middle Reaches of the Syr Darya during the Kangju Period |
| 12.00–12.20 | Akan Ongar, Candidate of Historical Sciences (Almaty, Kazakhstan); Azilkhan Tazhekeyev, PhD (Astana, Kazakhstan) — Margulan Institute of Archaeology; Finn Schreiber, PhD, German Archaeological Institute (Berlin, Germany)Sites of the Jetyasar Culture: Preliminary Results of New Archaeological Research |
| 12.25–13.00 | Summary of the Panel Session |
Panel Session No. 4 "Current Issues in the Medieval Archaeology of Kazakhstan"Nazarbayev University, Block C3, 3rd Floor, Room 3015▾
Moderator: Azilkhan Tazhekeyev, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of Medieval Archaeology, Margulan Institute of Archaeology ｜ Secretary: Gulzat Bilyalova, PhD, Leading Researcher, Department of Medieval Archaeology
Presentation Time Limits: presentation — 20 min., discussion contributions — 1–3 min.
For Online Participants: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89490271570 ID: 894 9027 1570 Passcode: 792964
| 14.00–14.20 | Dmitry VoyakinCandidate of Historical Sciences (Almaty, Kazakhstan)New Materials on the Medieval Archaeology of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan |
| 14.25–14.45 | Irina A. Arzhantseva, Candidate of Historical Sciences (HSE University, Moscow, Russia); Heinrich Härke, Professor Emeritus, University of Tübingen (Tübingen, Germany); Gulmira Amirgalina, PhD; Seidali Bilalov, PhD (Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan)The Early Medieval Town of Dzhankent (Eastern Aral Sea Region): Chronology of Urbanisation and European Analogies (online) |
| 14.50–15.10 | Bakyt KhassenovaPhD, Leading Researcher, Margulan Institute of Archaeology (Astana, Kazakhstan)Medieval Artistic Metalwork: Some Aspects of the Study of Manufacturing Technologies and Symbolism |
| 15.15–15.35 | Gulmira AmirgalinaPhD, Researcher, Research Centre for Archaeology and Ethnography, Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University (Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan)Problems and Prospects in the Study of Early Medieval Pottery in the Syr Darya Region |
| 15.40–16.00 | Napil BazylkhanCandidate of Philological Sciences, Chief Expert, Department of Science, International Turkic Academy (Astana, Kazakhstan)The Scholarly Field of Bädiz Studies: The Structure and Bädiz of Ancient Turkic Baryk Memorial Complexes and Enclosures |
| 16.05–16.25 | Jonathan OuelletResearch Assistant at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University (Leiden, Netherlands)Otrar Between Steppe and Oasis: Numismatic Evidence for Cultural Transformation and Frontier Connectivity in Early Medieval Central Asia (in English) |
| 16.30–16.50 | Marina BedelbaevaCandidate of Historical Sciences, Head of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, Saryarka Archaeological Institute, Academician E.A. Buketov Karaganda National Research University (Karaganda, Kazakhstan)Some Results of Research on Medieval Caravanserais: A Preliminary Survey of the Saryterek Tortkul in Central Kazakhstan |
| 16.55–17.15 | Murat KalmenovPhD, Associate Professor, Sh. Yessenov Caspian University of Technology and Engineering (Aktau, Kazakhstan)Connections between the Ceramic Assemblage of the Kyzylkala Site and the Khorezmian Ceramic Tradition (online) |
| 17.20–17.40 | Ramazan ZhanuzakHead of the Physical Anthropology Laboratory, Margulan Institute of Archaeology (Almaty, Kazakhstan)New Data on the Anthropology of the Turkic Population of Jetisu |
| 17.45–18.00 | Summary of the Day |
25 September · 09.00–13.00 · Room 3015
For Online Participants: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/85143598963 ID: 851 4359 8963 Passcode: 047568
| 09.00–09.20 | Nikita KonstantinovCandidate of Historical Sciences, Research Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, Ethnology and Museology, Faculty of History, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan)Problems and Prospects in the Study of Medieval Settlements in Eastern Kazakhstan |
| 09.25–09.45 | Mels BakhtybayevPhD, Researcher, Research Institute of Archaeology, Khoja Ahmed Yasawi International Kazakh-Turkish University (Turkistan, Kazakhstan)Results of Archaeological Research at the Kokkesene Necropolis |
| 09.50–10.10 | Zheng YuResearcher, Institute for the Development of China, Russia and Mongolia, Inner Mongolia University (Hohhot, China)Archaeological Discoveries and Research on the Ruins of Nestorian Monasteries in China (in Chinese) |
| 10.15–10.35 | Boris Zheleznyakov, PhD; Anatoly Shayakhmetov, Researchers (Margulan Institute of Archaeology, Almaty, Kazakhstan)The Buddhist Heritage of Kazakhstan: Archaeology, History of Research, and Problems of Interpretation |
| 10.40–11.00 | Kunbolot AkmatovCandidate of Historical Sciences, Kurmanjan Datka Centre for Nomadic Civilisation (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic)Mongol Burials in the Tien Shan |
| 11.05–11.25 | Sergey PilipenkoSenior Lecturer, Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management (Novosibirsk, Russia)Boqtaq: On Its Role as an Element of Dress (Based on Burials of Nomadic Women from the Period of the Mongol Empire) |
| 11.30–11.55 | Mambet ShagirbayevHead of the Zooarchaeology Laboratory, Margulan Institute of Archaeology (Almaty, Kazakhstan)Faunal Assemblages from Golden Horde Sites in Kazakhstan: A Comparative Archaeozoological Analysis |
| 12.00–12.20 | Daryn Zainullauly SagidullayevPhD, Lecturer, Department of History of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Faculty of History, Economics and Law, M. Utemisov West Kazakhstan University (Oral, Kazakhstan)Preliminary Results of 3D Relief Modelling and Spatial Analysis of Golden Horde Sites in the West Kazakhstan Region |
| 12.25–13.00 | Summary of the Panel Session |
25 September
Panel Sessions Continue 09.00 – 13.00
The programme for all four panel sessions on 25 September is included in the second block of each session card above (expand the relevant card in the "24 September" section).
25 September
Closing of the Symposium · Adoption of the Resolution
14.00–15.00 · Nazarbayev University, Block C3, Red Hall
| Moderator: Asemgul Kassenova, PhD, Deputy Director for Research, Margulan Institute of Archaeology ｜ Secretary: Ainagul Ganiyeva, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Academic Secretary, Margulan Institute of Archaeology | |
| Presentations by the Moderators | |
| 14.00–14.10 | Talgat Mamirov — Moderator of Panel Session No. 1, "Caves as Archaeological Archives of the Eurasian Stone Age" |
| 14.10–14.20 | Sergazy Sakenov — Moderator of Panel Session No. 2, "Proto-Industrial Landscapes of the Bronze Age…" |
| 14.20–14.30 | Maral Khabdulina — Moderator of Panel Session No. 3, "The Phenomenon of Steppe Civilization: Power, Society, and Cultural Transformations" |
| 14.30–14.40 | Azilkhan Tazhekeyev — Moderator of Panel Session No. 4, "Current Issues in the Medieval Archaeology of Kazakhstan" |
| Reading of the Draft Resolution | |
| 14.40–14.45 | Ainagul Ganiyeva, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Academic Secretary, Margulan Institute of Archaeology |
| Discussion | |
| 14.45–14.50 | Asemgul Kassenova, PhD, Deputy Director for Research, Margulan Institute of Archaeology |
| Adoption of the Resolution | |
15.00–18.00 City Tour · 26 September Departure of Non-Local Symposium Participants