Usun's of Jetysu: issues of ethnocultural and economic interpretation (current status of the problem)

One of the key problems in the archeology of Iron Age of Kazakhstan are the issues of ethno-cultural interpretation of Usun' archaeological objects in Semirechye. In the present paper the author considers modern points of view of researchers in the range of issues related to defining the basis Usun's economy, social structure and forms of their society. Also, author raises a questions about the Usun's relationship with previous Sakas and with Turkic tribes, changing them in the region.