Korgantas East Kurgan (Korgantas Ridge East Satellite)
Korgantas East Tasmola Kurgan · East Korgantas 1
Tasmola to Sarmatian Transition·Tasmola → Sarmatian·🇰🇿 Karaganda Region, Bukhar-Zhyrau District, Korgantas Ridge East, Kazakhstan
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About Korgantas East Kurgan (Korgantas Ridge East Satellite)
Eastern outlier 3 km east of Korgantas Tasmola type-site kurgan (580 m) on Korgantas ridge, Bukhar-Zhyrau steppe north of Karaganda. Eastern mound is 28 m diam, 2.4 m high with 14-m stone-paved platform, distinct from main 42-m Korgantas 1. Excavated 2020: central oak log coffin with Sarmatian-period (3rd c. BCE) sword of Tasmola–Sarmatian transition, indicating 200-year reuse. Ridge alignment extends Tasmola cemetery 3 km east, showing eastward drift.
Why it matters200-year transitional reuse documenting Tasmola→Sarmatian shift at type site.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01One mound two cultures—continuous kin vs new elite
Theories
- 01Successor elite reuse of sacred ridge
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.500 – 300 BCE
- Period
- Tasmola to Sarmatian Transition
- Culture
- Tasmola → Sarmatian
- Builders
- Korgantas ridge Tasmola–Sarmatian successors
- Purpose
- Eastern expansion of Korgantas Tasmola cemetery to Sarmatian period
- Abandoned
- c.250 BCE
- Rediscovered
- 2001 Korgantas type site; 2020 east outlier excavation
- Excavation
- Excavated
500 BCE
Initial Tasmola construction
300 BCE
Sarmatian transitional reuse burial
On the ground
Structures & features
50.1200° N · 73.6500° E · 580 m · 2 mapped features
Oak Log Transitional Coffin
burial chamberOak log coffin with 3rd c. BCE transitional sword
50.1190° N · 73.6480° EStone-Paved Platform 14 m
platform14-m stone pavement below loam mound
50.1210° N · 73.6520° E