ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FINISHED EXCAVATIONS OF FOUR BURIALS ON BORIJARSK NECROPOLIS IN THE SOUTHERN-KAZAKHSTAN REGION

Last week the specialists of the region's museum and culture management have finished excavations of four burials on Borijarsk necropolis. In spite of the fact, that graves were sacked earlier, archaeologists could make some interesting discoveries. The director of the culture management department Mr. A. Grishenko announced this news to the agency KZ-today.

Two soldier's graves, the grave of women and not fixed burial were excavated on the Borijarsk necropolis , situating near the village Koltogan , the river Aris. The archeologists found a dagger, bow bracket, arrow-heads, two belt collections-decoration for the soldiers. According to the fact that decorations were made from iron and bronze, losts were not rich soldiers, but belong to the middle class. Four ceramic vessels were also found in the grave one of the soldier.

The most interesting founds in the women's grave were two beads : the first was made from rock crystal, the second one was made from glass, which is changing the color after falling water. Dry bead has green color, but if it waters or put into the water ,it becomes red. The archeologists are difficulty in determining the material this bead was made from.

In the fourth grave were found only mass of fragment metal and stone pencil for color eyebrows by antimony. Mr. Grishenko considers that this grave could be men, because at that time not only woman colored their eyebrows, but man , too.

The archeologists date the burials by 6-7 century A.D. It was the time of active movement of tribes on this territory. In 5-6 century Huns-eftalits(" white Huns") went here, directed to India. Also Huns-avar tribes are often appeared on this territory. By the way , the archeologists consider that soldiers belt collection, found in the burials, were character for Hun-avar.