Pages: 74-76

The authors examine sites left by the settled population in Western Kazakhstan. These sites existed for a short-time during the Golden Horde and are connected with the Mongol khans’ administrative policy. A study of excavations conducted here from the second half of the 20th century makes it possible to reveal the principal distribution areas of the sites related to the settled agricultural population in the Middle and Lower Ural River, the basin of the Bolshoi and Malyi Uzen Rivers and the region between the Uil and Khobda Rivers. The remains of mausoleums built from burned bricks of “the Golden Horde size standards” uncovered in the region allow revealing traces of large settlements and hillforts in their vicinity.

Keywords: Western Kazakhstan, Golden Horde, hillforts, Zhaiyk, Saryozen, Zhalpaktal, Abat Baytak, urban culture

Information about authors:

Arman A. Bissembaev. Candidate of Historical Sciences. Aktobe Regional Historical Museum. Address: Altynsarin St., 14, Aktobe, 030006, Kazakhstan
E-mail: [email protected]
Gaziz A. Akhatov. Magister in Archaeology and Ethnography. Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Margulan. Address: Dostyk Ave., 44, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan 
E-mail: [email protected]