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ҚАЗАҚСТАН АРХЕОЛОГИЯСЫ
№ 2 (12) 2021
проведенные на памятниках, дали материалы, свидетельствующие о развитии в регионе
наряду с животноводством земледелием и ремесленным искусством, торговли.
Ключевые слова:
археология, Каратау, Терскей, памятники, исследование,
средневековье города
THE PROBLEM of ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY
of MEDIEVAL CITIES
on the NORTHERN SLOPES OF KARATAU
Taleev Dokey
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Candidate of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher, A.Kh. Margulan Archeology
Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan. E-mail: doc19_59@mail.r
u
Abstract.
The article highlights the problem of archaeological study of medieval
cities on the northern slopes of Karatau. The northern slopes of the old Karatau have since
ancient times been a zone of conjugation of sedentary agricultural and nomadic pastoral
cultures. One of the main directions of the international trade and caravan route passed
through the region for a long time. The settlements of Tamdy, Saudakent, Kumkent, Babaata,
Sholakkorgan, Sozak, Kultobe, Ran, Aksumbe, located in a chain from east to west along the
slopes of northern Karatau, are the places of large and small cities and settlements formed
along the caravan route. At one time, diplomatic embassies also passed through the caravan
routes. In the records of those embassies, the names of a number of cities that located on the
site of the aforementioned towns were preserved. The article also provides an overview of the
works written for the purpose of determining the location and data about the cities mentioned
in the article. Archaeological exploration and excavations carried out on the monuments have
yielded the materials that indicate the development of mutual trade in the region, along with
animal husbandry, agriculture and handicraft arts, trade.
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