DEFENSIVE ARMAMENT AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT OF KAZAKHSTAN NOMADS IN THE 8TH - 6TH CENTURIES BC
The paper analyzes the published archaeological materials characterizing the state of military affairs of ancient nomads of Kazakhstan. The author discusses some problems in the study of this direction of archaeological science in Kazakhstan, whose solution will allow to fully assess the dynamics of growth of nomads' military affairs. This work is the first comprehensive analysis of the items of equipment and protective clothing originating from the territory of Kazakhstan with prior conclusions about the value of the materials for the reconstruction of the military affairs of the population of Eurasia.