Beginning of research at the Tashtyk earthen burial ground of Tesinsky Zaliv-3 (Bogradsky district, Republic of Khakassia)

The burial ground of Tesinskly Zaliv-3 was discovered in 2012. The research at the site had not been carried for the last five years and some of the graves on the edge of the coastal terrace became destroyed. In 2017, the boundaries of the site were established, and 80 burial objects and a stone stele were found. A tamga-like figure is pecked on the lateral side of the stele. Magnetic survey has been conducted, and a map with local areas of anomalies has been compiled. Two excavation pits were made at the northwestern periphery of the burial ground. Excavation pit II revealed grave 1, at the bottom of which a wooden frame oriented along west-east was found. The burial had been disturbed in the past, and only a part of ceramic vessel and three hairpins carved of horn have been preserved.