Abstract
The article provides a brief description of the known sites of early medieval nomads in Southeastern Kazakhstan, addressing issues of their typology, localization, and state of research. Immovable monuments are categorized as follows: kurgan burial grounds; cult memorials, including commemorative stone enclosures and mounds with statues, stelae, and balbals, as well as monumental structures of the nomadic elite; settlements and seasonal campsites; rock art and tamga-petroglyphs; and ancient Turkic runic epigraphy. Previously unknown monumental sites of the “khagan-princely” type discovered in the Shalkode Valley in the Ketmen Mountains are also reported. The prospects for further comprehensive research on the sites of the ancient Turkic period in the region are outlined.