Abstract
The article describes rescue archaeological excavations of the Shaken and Shili burial grounds of the Bronze and Early Iron Ages, discovered in the historical and geographical zone of the North-Eastern Aral region, in the Aral Karakum, Kazaly district of the Kyzylorda Region. New materials obtained during the investigations are introduced into scholarly circulation. In addition, a brief history of the study of Bronze and Early Iron Age monuments of the Aral Sea region is considered. The published materials are of great scientific significance for the study of the formation and development of the ancient culture of the region of the North-Eastern Aral area in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages. A number of issues remain open, concerning the specific features of the formation of subsistence systems and the economic, social, and spiritual activities of the tribes that lived during the chronological period under consideration. The historical development of the region is closely connected with the dynamics of environmental changes in the Aral Sea during the specified periods.