Research works on the burial monument of the time of Jochi Ulus in the Ulytau district

Abstract

On the territory of the Ulytau district there are many cities, settlements, mausoleums and burials reflecting the material culture of the Ulus of Jochi era. Burial monuments are one of such legacies. The subject of this article is the burial place in the Jochi Khan complex. The paper presents the research results of this monument. The cultural identity of the burial, revealed during archaeological excavations, was identified by comparative methods of studying the external structure and burial traditions. Numismatic examination of the found coin allowed to establish the date of minting and the date of its introduction into circulation. At the same time, an anthropological description was made on the skeleton of the buried woman, and it turned out that she was a woman aged 20–25 years. The time of her life was determined by the radiocarbon dating method and included in the list of monuments dating back to the middle of the 14th century. The absence of any pathological changes in anthropological features and the solemn burial ceremony with clothes suggested that the buried person had a high social status. In addition, opinions were expressed concerning the spiritual values and household rituals of the local population, considering the peculiarities of the funeral tradition. In particular, in the period from the middle of the 14th to the 15th centuries, the foundations were formed related to the predominance of Muslim signs in the tradition of human burial and the preservation of traditions associated with the Tengrian beliefs of the local population.