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BURYING GROUND OF BERKKARA (II century BC-IV century AD)

The burial mound is located on the foothill plain at the foot of the Northern slopes of the Karatau ridge (Zhualy district) on both banks of the Berikkar river. The mounds are located from the gorge to the coastal strip of lake Bilikol.
The monument was identified and recorded in 1938-1939 by an archaeological expedition led by A. N.

Bernshtam. In 1957 he was studied by the South Kazakhstan archaeological expedition led by A. G. Maksimova, in 1978-by the expedition of the Dzhambul regional Museum of local history, in 2000-by the expedition led by K. M. Baypakov, D. A. Lobas. In 2013, the expedition surveyed the Arch of monuments LLP «Archaeological expertise».