Following a visit to (and initial assessment of the potential of) the Shorobashat site in 2023, this agglomeration will be the target of a systematic field survey in 2024.

The culturally eponymous site, which dominates the settlement pattern of the Kara-suu region, has already been the subject of interest and research by Y. Zadneprovskyi and one of the goals of our expedition is a revisionary assessment of his research – where his research probes were located and what kind (and quality) of information came from these researches.

Another objective is to define the level of preserved field relics of the original town (?) and to delimit its spatial extent using non-destructive archaeological methods.