New data on the culture of the ancient Turks of Zhetysu

In 2017, rescue excavations were carried out near the village of Almalyk, duringwhich the burial of a man with a horse was discovered. Among the clothing inventory, theso-called ‘Saltov’ type bronze earring deserves attention, which gives us the opportunity todetermine the cultural and chronological framework of the monuments, and to a certain extentemphasizes the social status of the buried in ancient Turkic society. Iron objects related to theequipment of a riding horse were also recorded in the burial. During the search for an analogy,the close relationships and connections of the local ancient Turkic population with the earlymedieval population of East Kazakhstan and Altai were revealed, which once again provesthe special importance of horse equipment in the era of medieval nomads, when large-scalehostilities and mass migrations of the population took place in this territory. A comparativetypological analysis of the finds revealed a circle of analogies closest in morphological andtechnical characteristics, the analysis of which to a certain extent indicates belonging to theancient Turkic society. The monument dates from the 8th–9th centuries.