S.Yu. Gutsalov

The article publishes materials from the recent excavations at the kurgans of Kyryk-Oba II cemetery of the end of the 6th – first half of the 5th cc. BC in Western Kazakhstan. The structure of the burial site is complex; the burial is that of nomad nobles. The funeral rite and the material culture indicate two vectors of influence: Lake Aral region and Eastern Europe.