Abstract
The issue of study of the settled culture of nomads in recent decades hasbeen actively developed by various archaeological teams in Kazakhstan. Thisnew field known as paleo-ethnographicgot a scientific formalization in the70s of the XX century. In 2021, excavation soft helater-medieval settlement ofKozykosh of the late XIX – early XX centuries began in Akmola Ishim region.The purpose of this article is to define the planning and compositionalstructure of the ethnographic settlement of the Kazakhs, to describe the housingand utility complexes, architecture, construction business based on the recordsof the excavated dwelling No.3, to demonstrate the changes ofspatial layoutand planning conceptof the settlementsdue to the social and political changesof the early XX century in Kazakhstan.The research materials are based on the archaeological excavations ofthe housing and utility complex of the farmstead No. 3 of the settlement ofKozykosh; the remote, geophysical, historical and ethnographic methods ofstudy were used for the research. The significance of the excavations of thesettlement of Kozykosh lies in the first large-scale experience of obtainingthe materials, which confirm and describe the ethnographic informationconcerning the Kazakh wintering areas.