Professor of the Department of archeology, Ethnology and museology, candidate of Historical Sciences, head of the research center "museology and monuments" Kartayeva Tattigul Yersainovna published a monograph "Baritanym: Expeditionary research".

The work presents the system of folk knowledge in the traditional worldview of the Kazakh people associated with the "BURI", that is, the Wolf Totem. The main mass of materials was collected during ethnoarchaeological expeditions. The meaning of the image of a wolf on a rock in the Kazakh land is analyzed. Ancient hunting methods of wolf hunting, types of traps, tanning and use of wolf skin are given. The Kazakh people have mastered the folk knowledge of the use of Wolf body parts in ethnomedicine. In order to protect animals from the Wolf, rituals are still practiced today. The Legend of Bor as the owner of batyrs and shamans is also included.