Saule Rakhimzhanova

Saule Rakhimzhanova is principal researcher at the Margulan Institute of Archaeology (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Her main research theme is "Ceramic traditions of the Neolithic-Neolithic period in Kazakhstan". She is a member of the Academic Council of the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and was a member of the Restoration Council of the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2012-2019. She has taken part in experimental expeditions on ceramics

The project

Title: Reconstruction of economic and cultural processes of the Neolithic-Eneolithic population of the Saksaulskaya 1 site in Western Kazakhstan

The theoretical basis of the study is the historical and cultural approach. Archaeological complexes are considered as the result of human activity, due to a number of external factors. The main research method is a comparative analysis using classification and typology. Field research methods - planigraphic and relative chronology. Additionally, the traceological method is used to determine the functional purpose of the stone inventory. The classification of the collection of stone tools is based on generally accepted concepts and developments proposed and used in the description of stone tools in the works of G. F. Korobkova, L. Ya. Krizhevskaya, G. N. Matyushin, A. V. Vinogradov, V. F. Zeibert, S.S. Kalieva, V.N. Logvin, V.K. Merz and other researchers.

Hosting institution: UMR TRAJECTIORES, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne /CNRS

Selective Bibliography

1. S. Rahimzhanova, E. Ananyevskaya, V.Zaibert. Technological characteristics of the ceramics of the Botai culture in relation to the Eneolithic cultures of northern Kazakhstan / Archaeological Research in Asia.Volume 29, March 2022.  DOI:10.1016/j.ara.2022.100353 ISSN:23522267 SJR 0.468, Quartile Q1.

2. Murakami N, Onggaruly A, Rakhimzhanova S, Standall EA, Talbot HM, Lucquin A, Suzuki M, Karimagambetov A, Nuskabay A, Nam S-W, Craig OE and Shoda S (2022). Lipid residues in ancient pastoralist pottery from Kazakhstan reveal regional differences in cooking practices. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:1032637. November, 2022, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1032637. Impact Factor: SJR-1.301, CiteScore 4.2, Quartile Q1.

3. Sasaki Yu., Rakhimzhanova S.Zh., Ongaruly A., Kairmagambetov A.M., Endo E., Doumani Dupuy P., Makulbekova M., Spengler R., Shoda Sh. kurgan Tortoba in Western Kazakhstan // Archeology of Kazakhstan. No.

1. S. Rahimzhanova, E. Ananyevskaya, V.Zaibert. Technological characteristics of the ceramics of the Botai culture in relation to the Eneolithic cultures of northern Kazakhstan / Archaeological Research in Asia.Volume 29, March 2022.  DOI:10.1016/j.ara.2022.100353 ISSN:23522267 SJR 0.468, Quartile Q1.

2. Murakami N, Onggaruly A, Rakhimzhanova S, Standall EA, Talbot HM, Lucquin A, Suzuki M, Karimagambetov A, Nuskabay A, Nam S-W, Craig OE and Shoda S (2022). Lipid residues in ancient pastoralist pottery from Kazakhstan reveal regional differences in cooking practices. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:1032637. November, 2022, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1032637. Impact Factor: SJR-1.301, CiteScore 4.2, Quartile Q1.

3. Sasaki Yu., Rakhimzhanova S.Zh., Ongaruly A., Kairmagambetov A.M., Endo E., Doumani Dupuy P., Makulbekova M., Spengler R., Shoda Sh. kurgan Tortoba in Western Kazakhstan // Archeology of Kazakhstan. No. 4 (18).2022 [In Russian]. ISSN 2663-6794, https://doi.org/10.52967/akz2022.4.18.116.132

4.Onggaruly A., Asylbekov K., Kairmagambetov A., Rahimzhanova S.,  Musagazhynova A., Maulet A., Bekzatkyzy I., Nuskabay A.Saryarka’s Heritage in the centre of steppe Eurasia. – «Kazyna» series.Vol. VI. - Ed.Onggaruly A. – Nur-Sultan: National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2020.  352 p.

5. Onggaruly A., Kairmagambetov A.M., Nuskabay A.A., Rahimzhanova S.Zh. (Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan). Mound of the Military Elite Sakas of Torgay // The Volga River Region Archaeology. – Kazan, 2020. - Vol.3 (33). Pp. 233-247.

6. Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, Yurii F Kiryushin, Saule Zh Rakhimzhanova, Svetlana Svyatko, Alexey A Tishkin and Tamsin C O’Connell. Climatic or dietary change? Stable isotope analysis of Neolithic–Bronze Age populations from the Upper Ob and Tobol River basins // The Holocene. 2016. P. 1-11.