Research in the Dzhezkazgan region

On the territory of Central Kazakhstan, the Paleolithic detachment of the Central Kazakhstan expedition of the Institute of History, Archeology, and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR covers six Stone Age sites (Agadyr district, Dzhezkazgan region). Two belong to the Paleolithic era and four to the Neolithic.

Paleolithic sites Ogiz-tau 1 and 2 are located north of the 5th branch of the “Mynbaev” state farm on the eastern slope of Ogiz-tau. All material is collected on the surface. Stone products of the Mousterian type were found, among which disk cores, core-shaped chips, and production wastes predominate. Among the tools, we note side-scrapers on massive flakes with pronounced impact tubercles, blades with a secondary dressing, and, as expected, with a notch. Some of the artifacts have a heavily patinated surface. The raw materials for the manufacture of tools were gray quartzite, the exits are not far from the sites. In the laid pits, the cultural layer is not decubitus.

The Neolithic site Myrzhyk is located on the right bank of the Atasu River, to the northeast of the 5th branch of the “Mynbaev” state farm. Among the stone artifacts, cores (mostly amphora) and production wastes were found, and among the tools, there are single specimens of scrapers. Almost all of them were made on flakes, and only a few were made on blades. Several fragments of ceramics were found.

Atasu site discovered on the left bank of the river Atasu, east of the area of ​​the state farm. Hills are widespread on the northern slope; several existing stone products were found among the scattered sands, mainly made on micro blades.

The Neolithic sites Karatobe 1 and 2 are fixed on the southern slope of Mount Karatobe, to the east of the 5th department of the state farm. Cores (prismatic, end, wedge-shaped, cone-shaped, etc.), many flakes and micro blades, arrowheads, scrapers, piercings, and several fragments of ceramics were found. The same finds were found in a small excavation (10 sq. m.) at the Karatobe 1 site at a depth of 0.4 m from the modern surface.