Үлкен Алтай əлемі – Мир Большого Алтая – World of Great Altay 6(2) 2020 ISSN 2410-2725
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Weapons and horse equipment of the medieval nomads of the East Kazakhstan
(Based on materials from the Ayan burial ground)
Omarov Gani Kalikhanovich
Candidate
of Historical Sciences, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Al-Farabi Ave., 71, Almaty,
050040, Republic of Kazakhstan. E-mail: gani_omarov@mail.ru
Besetayev Bauyrzhan Berkanovich
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Al-Farabi Ave., 71, Almaty, 050040, Republic of Kazakhstan. E-
mail: besetaev86@mail.ru
Baimukhanov Nurbol Bolatovich
Shejire
DNA project, Almaty, 050046, Republic of Kazakhstan. E-mail: baimukhan@gmail.com
Sagyndykova Symbat Temirgalievna
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Al-Farabi Ave., 71, Almaty, 050040, Republic of Kazakhstan. E-
mail: sagyndykova.symbat@gmail.com
Abstract. The article introduces into scientifi c circulation the materials of barrow № 1 of the Ayan burial
ground, located in the Kurchum region of the East Kazakhstan region. As a result of excavations in 2016,
new materials were obtained on horse equipment and weapons of medieval nomads. A
comparative
typological analysis of the fi ndings revealed a circle that is closest in morphological and technical
characteristics, the analysis of which to a certain extent indicates belonging to Kimek society. Judging by
the data of radiocarbon analysis (660–770 AD), burial refers to the early stage of the emergence of this
cultural community.
A technological examination of textiles was carried out, during which methods of optical and electron
microscopy, methods of micro chemical analysis, determination of the composition and structure of textiles,
identifi cation of fi bers, and methods for determining dyes were used. Also, a paleogenetic analysis of the
bone remains of the buried was carried out, the results of which were compared with modern haplotypes.
In addition, items of weapons and horse equipment were preserved and restored. The relatively good
preservation of items and their undisturbed detection allowed us to reconstruct the graphic appearance of
a medieval elite nomad warrior and the equipment of a war horse.
Keywords: East
Kazakhstan, medieval nomads, Kimeks, Ayan, weapons,
horse equipment, textiles,
reconstruction.
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