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Barrows are stone and earth structures, rounded in terms of
shape. On the surface of some mounds
clearly read the ring fence,
built of massive stones. Diameter of small mounds around 5-12 m,
height is 0.3 – 0.8 m medium-mounds – in the range of 13-21 m (d),
of 0.8-1.7 m (h).
In general, none of the four burial mounds of Aynabulak-1
excavated by us met animal bones. It is also one of the characteristic
features of Afanasiev culture.
Mounds # 11 and 16 in group Temirsu-Aynabulak-1 given
enough interesting material. A very rare sites of the so-called
Afanasiev culture has been opened for the territory of Kazakhstan.
Afanasiev culture is the first stage of metal cultures of steppes. Sites
of Afanasiev culture are mainly distributed in southern Siberia. Its
first sites were excavated on the territory of Khakassia. They date
back to 3-the beginning of the 2nd Millennium. Several burial
grounds have been
found in Altai, which have been excavated only
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