Military burials from the mound complex Urysay-2

In June 2021, a detachment of the Department of History and Archeology of the West Kazakhstan Museum of Local History under the leadership of Y.A. Lukpanova investigated three emergency mounds of the Urysai-2 complex, located on the second floodplain terrace of the Ilek River ( Shyngyrlau district, West Kazakhstan region). Structures made of soil blocks and wood were found under the embankment of mounds. The excavation revealed six burials, including one collective, in which four warriors rested, one joint burial of a man and a woman, three single military and one children’s. A preliminary analysis of the data obtained allows us to date the studied burial mounds of Urysay-2 to the end of 6^{th –} beginning of 5^th century BC.