Burial period of early Turks archaeologists found in East Kazakhstan

Ust-Kamenogorsk. July 24. Silkroadnews - During excavations in Katonkaragay district of East Kazakhstan discovered burial of shaman and master for carver bones which has no analogues in the country today, KazTAG.
"In the mound, number 12, buried warrior shaman, we assume - with trepanation, the skull has a perfect hole about 6 inches, and after trepanation man lived a very long time, since the crust formed, which means that the interference was not medical, but religious purpose, to communicate with the divine"- said the head of the archaeological expedition, D.Sc. Zeinolla Samashev on Thursday.
"Everything in the preservation of rare, major find in the grave - a stringed musical instrument, such a combination - craniotomy and a musical instrument - give reason to assume that the buried was shaman", - said Z. Samashev.
As the leader of the expedition, in the second set of the mound found Maral horns both integer and blanks, as well as tools for the treatment of horns - a hammer, a pointed stick, scraper. These artifacts, according to archaeologists suggest that buried was an artisan who carvered bones.
"Burial with workpieces of maral antlers found in Kazakhstan for the first time, we do not like the word" sensation ", but in this case we can say that the findings are unprecedented", - said the archaeologist.
Expedition of the Institute of Archaeology named after A.Margulan of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, headed by Z. Samashev since 2012 leads over the ridge Tarbagatai excavations in the valley of Kara-Kaba Katonkaragay district of East Kazakhstan. According to the scientist, for three years in tombs belonging to the era of early Turks (V-VI century BC), found three musical instrument, which means that "musical people lived here".
As noted archaeologist, generally in the valley of Kara-Kaba there are about 100 mounds. The archaeological expedition in the area is expected to last for another 5-6 years, after which the researchers plan to start looking for the settlement Altai Turks, as well as their craft workshops.