Sisikenova Gulnara Sansyzbaevna was born in 2000 in the Saratov Region. From 2006 to 2013, she studied at Secondary School No. 121 in Almaty, and from 2013 to 2017 she continued her education at Gymnasium School No. 94 in Almaty. In 2017, she was admitted on an educational grant to the Faculty of History of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, majoring in “Archaeology and Ethnology.” Her undergraduate thesis was titled: “The Cult of Animals in the Worldview of Early Nomads: Based on Materials from East Kazakhstan.” After completing her bachelor’s degree in 2021, she worked as a junior researcher at the Archaeology Museum of the RSE “Gylym Ordasy.” Starting from 2022, she worked as a leading specialist at the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of History and as a specialist at the Department of Archaeology, Ethnology, and Museology. From 2023 to 2025, she pursued her master’s degree in “Archaeology” at the Faculty of History of Al- Farabi Kazakh National University. Her master’s thesis was titled: “The Zoomorphic World in the Rock Art of the Ancient Population of Zhetysu (Bronze Age).” From February to September 2025, she worked as a leading specialist at the Museum of the Paleolithic of Kazakhstan at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. From 24 to 29 March 2025, she completed a scientific seminar on archaeozoology and archaeobotany in Jena, Germany. From 4 to 10 August 2025, she participated in a similar seminar in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. From 8 to 18 September 2025, she took part in an archaeological school in Jonzac, France. Research interests: Rock art of Kazakhstan; settlements of the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. Participation in scientific projects: BR18574057 “Interdisciplinary (archaeological and historical-ethnographic) study of the cultural heritage of the southeastern and eastern regions of Kazakhstan (Chu–Ili region, Tarbagatai and Alakol basin).” AP19576316 “Archaeological complexes of the Early Iron Age on the southern slopes of the Tarbagatai: an interdisciplinary study.”