Archaeological excavations in the city of Zhaypak in 2015 some results and conclusions of the work

The Dzungarian Gate, the southern coast of Alakol has long been inhabited by Turkic peoples, we can say that. This is due to the fact that in recent years the sites of dozens of cities of the early Middle Ages have been carried out in the region, three of them have been identified in large volume during archaeological exploration, and several more have been carried out in exploratory and exploratory studies. Professor of the Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi in the specialty, so-called.

Identified during the exploration work by the expedition under the leadership of Tuleubaev A.T. among the cities of Aktubek, Kainar, Zhaypak I, Zhaypak II, Akshi, Asusai, Koskelinshek, honeysuckle, You can name such cities as Tau Akshi, Naimankala, Emil (Washed). In the 2015 research season, this expedition conducted research of the medieval city of Zhaypak. The fact is that no excavations have been carried out in this city before. It is interesting that here two cities are located side by side. We call these cities by the names of local settlements, in order and size we have conditionally designated gentle I, gentle II. During the 2015 research season , the main excavations were carried out in the Settlement of Zhaypak I. Flat City I, many times larger than city II. The general shape of the flat I city is a trapezoid shape. Geographical coordinates of the city S. 45º59’44.19"; V. 81º11’34.20". The city of zhaypak Usharalsky district, 6 km southwest of the village of Zhaypak. The gentle order and features of the location of the outer enclosing wall of the city, namely the western one in the middle of the rib, he came around the corner, looking at how his mouth remains open, we assume that the city gates may be facing West. the height of the slope of the outer fence is 1.5 - About 2 m. The sprawling soil of the collapsed wall is from 8-9 meters, in places 22 sprawling up to a meter. The southern and eastern parts of the outer fence were washed by seasonal drains going out into mountain gorges. Here ait care, the issue of providing the city with water in may be directly related to wastewater coming from the mountain.

Because the places of the water flowing down from the mountain still have a deep moat, and by the big year, when the water left from the south of the city, along the eastern wall from the outside, to the north it spread out and disappeared. Such a system it is most often observed in the cities of the right-hand edge. For example, the medieval city of Aspara is also located outside, it was surrounded by a special gutter, similar to a stream, and passed sewage through the city. A flat city is not limited to construction within the city limits. There are several hundred mounds around the city in the area of up to a meter, about 200-250 meters to the southwest of the city there are a large number of graves on the ground (about 180-200 preserved), in addition, in the east there are large mausoleums stacked with large stones.