ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN THE CHEDI-KHOL DISTRICT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TUVA

The article is devoted to the preliminary results of the archaeological expedition to the Chedi-Khol district. The expedition of the Tuvan Institute of Humanitarian and Applied Socio-Economic Research under the Government of the Republic of Tuva investigated the burial mounds of Chaa-Sug-1 and Ak-Tal-3. The expedition was funded by the grant of the Russian Cultural Foundation, and was carried out on the basis of open sheets issued by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The research of the monuments was conducted in accordance with the Regulations on the Procedure for Archaeological Field Work and Compiling scientific reporting documentation. As a result of the expedition, the authors have obtained materials characterizing the cultural features of the monuments; and have found the burial of a child, previously dated to the Early Scythian time, and a memorial stone fence of the ancient Turkic time.