The Kazakh farmstead of the ethnographic settlement of Kozykosh

Abstract

The issue of study of the settled culture of nomads in recent decades has been actively developed by various archaeological teams in Kazakhstan. This new field known as paleo-ethnographicgot a scientific formalization in the 70s of the XX century. In 2021, excavation soft helater-medieval settlement of Kozykosh of the late XIX – early XX centuries began in Akmola Ishim region. The purpose of this article is to define the planning and compositional structure of the ethnographic settlement of the Kazakhs, to describe the housing and utility complexes, architecture, construction business based on the records of the excavated dwelling No.3, to demonstrate the changes ofspatial layout and planning conceptof the settlementsdue to the social and political changes of the early XX century in Kazakhstan. The research materials are based on the archaeological excavations of the housing and utility complex of the farmstead No. 3 of the settlement of Kozykosh; the remote, geophysical, historical and ethnographic methods of study were used for the research. The significance of the excavations of the settlement of Kozykosh lies in the first large-scale experience of obtaining the materials, which confirm and describe the ethnographic information concerning the Kazakh wintering areas.

Keywords

• Saryarka, Kozykosh, Nura, excavations, settlement, dwelling, farmstead, kystau, turfy bricks