“Solar” mounds of Ashutasty: historical memory in the Steppe (based on the results of radiocarbon analysis)

28 Dec 2022

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The article publishes for the first time three dates obtained from the mound with «moustaches» complex in Western Saryarka, representing a wide range of time before the Kazakh period. Individual elements of the complex show the different timing of their construction or use in the process of ritual practice. In this regard, the question of the chronology of this type of archaeological monuments and the significance in the spiritual culture of the Steppe population is raised. Traditio…