A Group of Large Kurgans in the Suusamyr Valley, Kyrgyzstan

Künbolot AKMATOV | Kubatbek TABALDİYEV

We introduce recently discovered large kurgans of the Saka period in the Suusamyr valley, northern Kyrgyzstan. Mere are two cemeteries with large mounds, each of which is surrounded by ditches, stone enclosures, and ramparts. Apparently, each kurgan and the constructions around it form a whole burial complex. The kurgans are rounded in plan view, 30-73 m in diameter. Some were possibly square in plan view. West of theni, there is a line of enclosures, most of which consist of eight boulders. In terms of nature and form of the constructions around kurgans, the burial complexes fall into six typ ...More