YEDIGE STONE STATUES

ige stone statues - are the group of stone statues in the neighbor of Ulytau Mountains. It is located on the territory of Karaganda region at the 5 km to the South of Korgantas village at the spur of Yedige.

It was studied in 1946-1960 by the Central Kazakhstan archeological expedition headed by A. Margulan.

12 fences and burial mounds are located in the form of chain from North to South. According to chronology they can be related to two periods of time. The monuments of Turkic Khanate (6-7 centuries) are constructed from vertically plates of four-sided and square shape.

The small plates have the volume about 1,8х2 m, whereas the large of them have 5,9х6 m.

The stone statues are faced to the East and located at the eastern corner of the fence followed by the chain of balbals.

The monuments of Kipchak period (8-13 centuries) are the burial mounds made of stones and there are no the chains of balbals. Only two statues remained from the five ones. The height of one of them is 180 cm, the width is 28 cm and the thick is 22 cm. The fifth statue is related to Kipchak period (the height is 140 cm, width is 32 cm).

 

Source: Kazakhstan, National Encyclopedia, Volume 2.