Pages: 223-236

The author reviews the current state of studies into Western Kazakhstan sites dated by 13th—14th centuries. The area under research is predominantly represented by sites belonging to the nomadic population of the Golden Horde. The paper describes features of historical and geographical location of funerary sites in Western Kazakhstan. Overall, the archaeological sites identified in Western Kazakhstan are a reflection of some general processes in Eurasian steppes generated by appearance of the consolidated Mongol state, and later by the Golden Horde, and manifested in the uniformity of features of material culture.

Keywords: Western Kazakhstan, Golden Horde, archaeological sites, natural and geographical conditions, history of research

Information about author:

Arman Bissembayev. Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Margulan. Dostyk St., 44, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan.
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