БАТЫС ҚАЗАҚСТАНДАҒЫ КЕЙІНГІ САРМАТ МӘДЕНИЕТІНЕ ТӘН ЖЕРЛЕУ ҒҰРПЫ

Abstract

The article presents statistical materials on the funeral rite of the nomadic population living on the territory of modern Western Kazakhstan in the second half of the 2nd –4 th centuries AD, which are united into a single Late Sarmatian culture. In total, more than two hundred objects were taken into account in the sample. According to external features, regional features are distinguished for the Late Sarmatian monuments of the Jaiyk and Mugaljar river basins. In particular, according to the location in the burial complexes of peculiar and at the same time unique “П”-shaped and “dumbbell-shaped” structures and some elements of the funeral rite. At the same time, the Late Sarmatian monuments of both local regions retain their common diagnostic signs, manifested in the form of a grave pit, the orientation of the backbone to the northern sector, the deformation of the cranial vault and a stable set of funeral equipment. These objects were used as a specific burial rite, religious-ritual burial, or only for religious purposes.