Бұланды (Баланды) фортификациясын зерттеу нәтижелері

Abstract

The article considers the fortification of the Balanda I fortress, which is located at the ancient Syr Darya delta, where the agricultural Chirikrabat archaeological culture was widespread in the second half of the I millennium BC. Balanda Fortress is the center of a small agricultural oasis of the IV+II centuries BC, which was based on the main canal, between the channels of the Inkardarya and Zhanadarya lower reaches of the Syr Darya, as a whole. The center of the settlement and the entire oasis was the fortified manor-fortress of Balanda. During the field works of Chirikrabat expedition in 2007-2014, it was possible to identify and partially reconstruct the constructions of defense. Based on the data obtained, it is possible to distinguish at least 2 main periods of the construction of fortress walls, which, in turn, are divided into stages. The system of fortification revealed during the excavations of Balanda I seems to be quite archaic. The corners were protected by semicircular towers, which were a solid monolith of brickwork on a base-a plinth made of dense clay-pakhsa, to which a pakhsa platform with a width of 1.3-1.4 m and a height of no more than 1 m was attached from the inside. The long walls of the fortress were also flanked by semicircular towers. The walls and the protruding towers were cut with arrow-shaped loopholes. Based on archaeological data, the Balanda Fortress was a large fundamental building