* e-mail: zhetesbi.sultanzhanov@mail.ru
Caravan routes and large settlements between the medieval cities of Syganak and Asanas (according to new research) The article is focused on the problem of the caravan route and large settlements located between the
cities of Syganak and Asanas. The study area covers the Zhanakorgan, Shieli and Syrdarya districts of the
Kyzylorda region. The main database of materials consists of unpublished archival data of the Khorezm
archaeological and ethnographic expedition (1960) and the works of L.M. Levina, N.N. Vakturskaya,
S. Zholdasbaeva, K.M. Baypakov, M. Eleuov and the work of other scientists. According to previously
published works, the settlements of Syganak, Bestam, Kyzyltam, Aktobe, Zhaman Aktobe, Shieli tortkuli,
Nansai, Ombay, Asanas 1, 2 and 3, the Asanas Ata mausoleum were known. In 2020, the authors of the
article organized new archaeological exploration studies in these areas, as a result of which 4 new sites
were discovered – Botabay tortkuli and the towns of Botabay, Katynbakkan, and Akkorgan. In addition,
based on intelligence materials, the authors came to the conclusion that there was a medieval crossing
between the current villages of Tartogay and Botabay. In 2020, the Asanas detachment of the Zhankent
archaeological expedition led by A.A. Tazhekeev, archaeological excavations were carried out at the site
of Asanas.
The discovery of 18 large settlements and mausoleum made it possible to examine in more detail the
caravan route between Syganak and Asanas.
Key words: Syrdarya region, Middle Ages, caravan route, large settlements, Syganak, Asanas.
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Ортағасырлық Сығанақ пен Асанас қалалары арасындағы керуен жолдары мен ірі қоныстар
A.A. Тажекеев
1
, Ж.К. Султанжанов
2*
, А.М. Карабатырова
2
1
Кызылординский университет имени Коркыт Ата, Казахстан, г. Кызылорда
2
Тюбингенский университет Эберхарда Карла, Германия, г. Тюбинген