Pages: 179-199 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp233179199
The article publishes the results of several years of excavations at the Babish-Mola settlement, on the territory of the ancient delta of the Syr Darya, where the agricultural Chirikrabat archaeological culture was widespread in the second half of the I millennium BC. During the three seasons of field research, the premises and a section of the bypass corridor in the north-western part of the building of the palace and temple complex — the “Big House” on the citadel of the settlement were partially opened. As a result of the work carried out on stratigraphic data, it was possible to identify three relatively different periods in the life of this site: the early one — the construction and short-term functioning of the building as a palace and two periods of habitation when the site was abandoned by the first inhabitants and fallen into disrepair. In the course of the research, a few, but quite expressive archaeological complexes were discovered, mainly fragments of ceramics, on the basis of which the lifetime of the site can be tentatively dated within the 4 th—2 nd centuries BC.
Keywords: Syr Darya, Chirikrabat archaeological culture, settlements, fort, citadel, palace complex, construction period, stratigraphy, ceramic complex
Information about authors:
Zhanbolat Utubayev (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Candidate of Historical Sciences, PhD. Margulan Institute of Archaeology. Dostyk Ave., 44, Almaty, 050100, Kazakhstan; Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Al-Farabi Ave., 71, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-6484-2923
Sergei Bolelov (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. State Museum of Oriental Art. Nikitsky Bd., 12a, Moscow, 119019, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-1423-293X
Assemgul Kasenova (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Candidate of Historical Sciences, PhD. Margulan Institute of Archaeology. Dostyk Ave., 44, Almaty, 050100, Kazakhstan
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-8401-6610