Tagisken — Kurgan Field North Mound (Kyzylorda)
Tagisken N Mound
Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE)·Scythian / Saka·🇰🇿 Kyzylorda, Tagisken, Kazakhstan
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About Tagisken — Kurgan Field North Mound (Kyzylorda)
Tagisken — Kurgan Field North Mound (Kyzylorda) in Kyzylorda, Tagisken, Kazakhstan is a Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) kurgan attributed to Scythian / Saka. Systematic survey and magnetometry document stratified deposits. The site includes a principal platform and workshop area. Dimensions 240m × 114m; area 11.9 ha. Excavation excavated; condition ruins. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Scythian / Saka kurgan with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 120 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function and labor organization
- 02Relation to regional network
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape model
- 02Ceremonial centre
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. 600–400 BCE
- Period
- Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE)
- Culture
- Scythian / Saka
- Builders
- Scythian
- Purpose
- Nomadic elite kurgan with satellite burials
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 600–400 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 984 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1926
Antiquarian record, modern excavation from 1960s
On the ground
Structures & features
45.5000° N · 62.3000° E · 120 m · 4 mapped features
- Principal MonumentstructurePrincipal Monument at Tagisken — Kurgan Field North Mound (Kyzylorda) — structure with stratified deposits45.4987° N · 62.2989° E
- Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary Complex at Tagisken — Kurgan Field North Mound (Kyzylorda) — complex with stratified deposits45.5004° N · 62.2979° E
- Outlier FeatureoutlierOutlier Feature at Tagisken — Kurgan Field North Mound (Kyzylorda) — outlier with stratified deposits45.4980° N · 62.3006° E
- Reservoir/CisternhydraulicReservoir/Cistern at Tagisken — Kurgan Field North Mound (Kyzylorda) — hydraulic with stratified deposits45.5005° N · 62.2977° E
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