Kostobe settlement is located to the east from Sarykemer village, on the right bank of the river Talas, on the first terrace above the floodplain. Materials received during the excavation of the settlement and the necropolis Kostobe show acquaintance of its people with different religious beliefs, propagating along the Silk Roads, such as Zoroastrianism, Islam, Christianity and Buddhism.
The Settlement Kostobe was a major cultural and commercial and manufacturing center of Southwestern Zhetysu. Planning, architecture, ceramics, and various household and ritual objects, funerary rites are similar to other Central Asian ancient cities like Afrasiab, Varakhsha, and other famous cultural centers of the Middle East. Because all building horizon is dated by the 9th – 10th centuries it indicates the presence of cultural and commercial relations between the cities of Talas valley located on the line of the Great Silk Road.
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