Ken-Bulun Settlement (Chui Valley, Kyrgyzstan): studies in 2022
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https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2024.5.31.47Keywords:
Central Asia, Tian Shan region, Middle Ages, urban culture, archaeological excavations, residential and industrial buildingsAbstract
In 2022, studies of the Ken-Bulun settlement began in the Chuy Valley of Kyrgyzstan. They were carried out at two excavations. The remains of mud brick buildings were found on both sites, which were opened along the 1st construction horizon while retaining walls 0.3-0.5 meters thick. Excavation 1 was laid on a topographically identified building in the central ruins of the monument. The revealed layers belong the last two periods of the settlement functioning at the beginning of the 2nd millennium AD. Excavation 2 is located near the central ruins of the settlement. Its research made it possible to identify premises for various purposes, the remains of large furnaces, as well as to determine the presence of at least two periods of construction. According to the materials obtained, the upper one is dated from the middle of the XI – beginning of the XII century. The boundaries of the excavations included both residential and industrial premises, which increase the importance of the study. The collected artifacts are finds made of stone, iron, bronze, glass, but most of them are ceramic. Among the latter, in addition to the usual ones, are celadon, kashin and glazed. There is also a collection of coins, which gave grounds for dating.
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