Field Exploration in Syrdarya and Karmakshy districts

As part of ongoing research projects at the Department of Archaeology, Ethnology, and Museology, Faculty of History, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, a field exploration expedition was conducted in the Syrdarya and Karmakshy districts of Kyzylorda Region.

The expedition was led by Professor Madiyar Yeleuov under two major grant projects: AP26199955 "Studying the Kazakh People's Attitude Toward the Preservation of 'Living Monuments' and Biodiversity in the Wild from the Perspectives of Ethno-Anthropozoology and Legal Ethnology" (headed by Research Professor Tattigul Kartayeva) and AP26197945 "Ethnographic and Ethno-Archaeological Study of Northern and Southern Kyzylkum within the Ethno-Ecosystem" (headed by Research Associate Professor Ainur Beisegulova).

During the exploration, researchers surveyed several key archaeological sites, including the Talsuat (Kubas), Kemesalgan, and Korkyt Ata river crossings, the Sortobe tortkuls (9th–12th centuries CE), the Alypkargan fortress belonging to the Shirik-Rabat culture (3rd–2nd centuries BCE), Jaman Aktobe (1st–13th centuries CE), Akkorgan, and the Botabay tortkul.

Additionally, test excavations (test pits) were carried out at Alypkargan, Jaman Aktobe, and Botabay tortkul to clarify structural features, wall thickness, cultural layer depth, and chronological periods of the sites.