Kukushkin I.A.

Key words: Bronze Age, Central Kazakhstan, metal items, spectral analysis, cultural genesis of Andronovo tribes.
Aschisu cemetery in Central Kazakhstan dates to the end of the 3d – beginning of the 2nd cc. BC. The necropolis has graves of warriors; the grave goods include a hook, a goad-end, a dagger knife, and a vessel on a circular tray. All the metal items appear to be of local manufacture. The copper vessel is unique and the first find of its kind in steppe Eurasia populated by Andronovo and Srubnaya tribes of the Bronze Age. It is possible that large centers of craftsmanship existed in the southwestern areas of Central Kazakhstan, which were more oriented towards metallurgy and metalworking.