Archaeological materials from the monuments of ancient and medieval nomads from the territory of East Turkestan are important for studying the ethnogenesis and cultural genesis of nomads. Nomad migration routes and the transcontinental trade route - the Great Silk Road-passed through the area, along which not only goods were distributed, but also cultural achievements and religious beliefs. The unique preservation of archaeological finds from nomadic monuments contributes to the reconstruction of their ethnographic appearance and opens up opportunities for comparative analysis with complexes from the Sayano-Altai, Mongolia and Central Asia. The study of ancient monuments in East Turkestan has been conducted by scientists from Russia, European countries, Japan and China since the second half of the XIX century. In recent decades, Chinese archaeologists have studied many monuments of ancient and medieval nomadic cultures. However, until recently, these materials remained inaccessible to specialists. In recent years, review works have appeared in the national scientific literature, which analyze archaeological materials from Chinese publications .1 As a result of the work of specialists of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, materials from the latest excavations of Chinese scientists on monuments of ancient nomad cultures were introduced into scientific circulation and became available to many archaeologists .2 These materials can serve as a basis for reconstructing the process of ethno-cultural genesis of nomadic peoples of Eastern Turkestan in antiquity and the Middle Ages. A significant addition to these materials is the collections of archaeological finds from Nomad cultural monuments displayed in museums in various cities of Gansu and Xinjiang provinces, which the author of this article had the opportunity to get acquainted with during the UNESCO Silk Road project expedition in 1990.3 As part of th ... Читать далее