PHASE RECONSTRUCTION and SAKA BARROW BUILDING TECHNOLOGY BASED on ALATAU microdistrict RESEARCH of ALMATY

Abstract

Field works were carried out in 2016 to research the Early Iron Age barrow in Alatau microdistrict of Almaty city. The barrow was plundered and significantly destroyed during the modern infrastructure building. As a result of emergency excavations, it was possible to fix the remains of the architecture and construction techniques used in its construction. Of particular note is the earthen embankment, in the stratigraphic section of which there is not only alternating overlapping of layers, but also horizontal heterogeneous thin layers that are isolated in each of the layers of the earthen embankment. Based on the data obtained, a visual reconstruction of the mound and the stages of its construction has been done. Probable volume of earthen mound and labor costs on its construction were estimated. According to the recorded dimensions in the burial structure studied, the hypothetical unit of measurement used in the construction of the mound was calculated.