Late bronze age cemetery in Aktyubinsk region

The authors publish the materials obtained by the excavations of the Late Bronze Age cemetery Guryuldek in the north of Aktyubinsk region (Kazakhstan Republic). Four kurgans with single burial each were investigated. The mounds contained stone enclosures with central burial inside. Burial chambers were built mostly of stone and timber; grave goods included pottery and personal ornaments. The associations have features in common with Alakul-type sites, which establishes chronology of the cemetery within the developed stage of the LBA (the 15 th - 13 th cc. BC). The site is attributed to the Kozhumberdy cultural group with typical combination of the Alakul and Fedorovka characteristics.