Results of surveys in the Chemal region of Altai Republic
The article presents the results of surveys carried out by members of the Chemal expedition of Altai State University in the northern part of the Altai Republic in 2021. The relevance of such research is determined not only by the scientific significance of the materials obtained, but also by the need to preserve cultural heritage sites in the area of active tourist and recreational activities. The discovered sites were designated as Bersyukta III and Choburak IV in accordance with the numbering of the complexes identified earlier in the area. Given the absence of any distinctive characteristics of the planigraphy of objects and signs of ground structures, the sites before excavations can be dated within a broad chronological framework of the Early Iron Age - the Middle Ages. At the same time, it seems possible to assert that the mounds of Bersyukt-III more likely belong to the Scythian-Saka period, and the structures of the Choburak-IV complex - to a later period.