Abstract
Due to the lack of archeological excavations in the Upper Ahangaran Basin,the author conducts archeological excavations in these areas and conducts archeological excavations in the Ertosh-Dolana Cemetery, which belongs to the Qovunchi culture, reflecting the settlement processes of ancient cattle-breeding tribes. The article examines the internal and external structure of burial mounds observed during excavations, burial ceremonies and religious beliefs, as well as the tomb material evidence and tries to determine their social status in the community, occupation, and ethnic groups during their lifetime.
Highlights
The Ahangaron Valley is one of the regions of Uzbekistan rich in various archeological monuments and underground natural resources
With the consent of the garden owners, the old cemetery area was divided into squares and the monument was explored by digging 1x15, 1x20 meter parallel deep trenches in search of the tomb drom or tomb chamber of the burial mounds
The tomb burial mounds found in the study were in the form of a catacomb, which was entered through a short narrow passage
Summary
The Ahangaron Valley is one of the regions of Uzbekistan rich in various archeological monuments and underground natural resources. In the life of the ancient and early medieval pastoral tribes of this country, the process of settlement is accelerated, especially in the early Middle Ages, when the metallurgical industry associated with the urban culture and mining of the population developed at a high level. The results of extensive archeological research conducted at this newly opened archeological monument serve as a source for studying the territorial, economic, ethnocultural and religious-ideological development of the Upper Ahangaron Basin, the settlement processes of the region's herders
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