Taksay Barrow Complex
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West Kazakhstan Region
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Barrow complex of Taksay is at the village Valley in the territory of the Terektinsky Region of West Kazakhstan region.

In April, 2012 the archaeological group of the West Kazakhstan regional center of history and archeology has conducted prospecting researchers in Terektinsky district therefore were is revealed 5 barrows of complexes of Taksay (I, II, III, IV, V), in the same field season in June - August are carried out excavation of barrows No. 3, No. 4, No. 6 of the Taksay I complex.

The Kurganny complex Taksay of I is located near the settlement. Valley. The complex consists of 6 earth embankments. Barrows No. No. 1, 2 the biggest on diameter and high on height.

The embankment of barrows No. No. 3, 4, 5, 6 is opened and they are in critical condition. During the field season of 2012 No. No. 3,4,6 barrows are dug out. In Barrows, No. 3,4 burials of ordinary soldiers of the late Sarmatian period of the 2-4th centuries AD are found.

In a barrow No. 6 unique burial of the woman from the honored of layers of early nomadic society is opened (Sdykov, Lukpanova, 2013). The task of this work includes his introduction to a scientific turn.

In a barrow No. 6 burial of the woman was revealed.

The skeleton lay on the east wall of a sepulchral hole. The body was necessary on a mat, it settled down is extended on a back,-headed to the west with some deviation on the southwest. The skull of buried has badly remained, vertebral, pelvic, coastal bones are displaced.

The face is turned to the North, the jaw lies on the left shoulder. Hands have been placed in the parties. Legs have been divorced, the left leg is bent in a knee, bones of a low-tibial and tibial bone of the left leg are twisted outside. Buried had no bones of the foot, a phalanx, an instep and a tarsus of both legs. Frame length - 1,50 m.

Funeral furniture of the woman has been decorated with gold plaques, careful fixing of their arrangement has allowed recreating an approximate suit in spite of the fact that material from which the clothes have been sewed hasn't remained (Altynbekov, 2013; Lukpanova, 2014).

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