Abstract
The study of two funerary sites (Kul'saj and Uzunbulak 1 ), recently discovered in the Semirech'e region (southern Kazakhstan), brings new elements on the occupation of this territory in the Bronze Age. These sites give information on a specific mortuary ritual, unknown at that period in the region or in the neigbouring countries : cremation in situ of one or several dead (child or adult); moreover, all the burials inside a stone precinct present a wood frame covered with rough boards. Undecorated pottery vessels, as well as jewels and bronze belt-buckles, were found in relation with the burials. These two sites belong to the same independent ethno-cultural tradition dated from the Late Bronze Age. Its origin seems to be oriental (Fedorovo sites - along the lenissei river - linked to the Andronovo culture). Located in a high altitude grazing zone, it took part in the ethnogenesis of the Old Iron Age Saka nomads who practiced transhumance.
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