Abstract
In the field season of 2019, archaeological explorations were carried out on the territory of the Kurchumand Zaysan regions of East Kazakhstan region. As a result, settlement and burial complexes of theBronze Age, Early Iron Age and the middle Ages were discovered. A new location of the petroglyphsof the Early Iron Age was recorded. An analysis of the topography showed that the oldest necropoliseswere located in the floodplain of the river; monuments of the Bronze Age are located separately fromother monuments of the region. Settlements are localized on flat areas of tracts, as a rule, at the foot ofhills. According to topographic analysis, some monuments of the Iron Age coincide in design with suchlate monuments as the Duanaly.A new medieval urban settlement was discovered near the village ofZhinishkesu (Zaysan district, East Kazakhstan region). According to the preliminary analysis of the liftingceramic material, the monument dates back to us from the 7th–9th centuries.