Abstract
This article examines the results of archaeological excavations at the burial ground of the early nomadic elite in the Aktobe region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In the course of last two years several burial grounds have been studied in this region, near Taskopa settlement. One of them is the Taskopa-V burial ground, the Mound 1 of which was 2.2 meters tall and had a diameter of 33 meters. It was surrounded by a water trench 2 to 5 meters wide and 1 meter deep. A single grave was located right in the centre of the mound in a square pit. The pit's perimeter was 6 meters. From the south side the pit was joined by an underground passage-dromos. A collective pit grave contained remains of five individuals. Remains of the three of them were disturbed by robbers.