ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE FORTIFICATION OF THE NORTHERN CITADEL OF BIYBULAG SETTLEMENT (BAYBALUQ MEDIEVAL UIGUR TOWN): PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Authors

  • Nyamdagein Ganbat International institute of a nomadic civilization, 314200 7th Floor, Building Soyolyin Tov Orgoo, Sukhbaatar Sq., 3 (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
  • Airat G. Sitdikov Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. Kremlyovskaya St., 18, Kazan, 420000, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov Str., 30, Kazan, 420012, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation
  • Iskander L. Izmailov Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov Str., 30, Kazan, 420012, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation
  • Ulzeibayar Sodnombayarun Institute of history and ethnology MAS, 13330, 13-р хороо, Энхтайваны өргөн чөлөө 54б, (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
  • Batsuren Barangasun Institute of history and ethnology MAS,13330, 13-р хороо, Энхтайваны өргөн чөлөө 54б, (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
  • Aleksadr V. Belyaev Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov Str., 30, Kazan, 420012, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation
  • Ochir Battylgun Аssociate of department of history of ancient nomads and history of the nomadic states of Eurasia 314200 7th Floor, Building Soyolyin Tov Orgoo, Sukhbaatar Sq., 3 (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2020.6.179.192

Keywords:

archaeological studies, Mongolia, Uigur Khaganate, ancient fortified settlement, cultural layer, rampart, cob wall, band concrete

Abstract

The paper summarizes the preliminary results of the studies of fortifi cations of a northern citadel - the ancient Biybulag settlement (city of Baybalyk) built in the middle of the 7th century by order of the Uigur Kagan Bilge. The city, judging by the conducted archaeological researches, consisted of several parts, obviously differing in terms of class and economic principles, as well as administrative functions. The cultural layer with traces of constructions and the Uigur fi nds has been revealed. The most fortifi ed part of the city was its northern part – a citadel protected by a rampart system with a cob wall (up to 5-6 meters high, 1.5-2 meters wide) erected using a special technology of Chinese origin. Judging by carbonaceous layers and a desolation layer, the city catastrophically perished during the Kyrgyz invasion in 840.

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2020-12-20

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Ganbat, N., Sitdikov, A. G., Izmailov, I. L., Sodnombayarun, U., Barangasun, B., Belyaev, A. V., & Battylgun, O. (2020). ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE FORTIFICATION OF THE NORTHERN CITADEL OF BIYBULAG SETTLEMENT (BAYBALUQ MEDIEVAL UIGUR TOWN): PRELIMINARY RESULTS. Arkheologiia Evraziiskikh Stepei (Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes), (6), 179–192. https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2020.6.179.192

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No. 6 (2020)

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Research and Publication

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