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Radiocarbon Dates from Northern Mongolia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Mark Hall ,
Zagd Batsaikhan  and
William Honeychurch
Mark Hall
Affiliation:
Archaeology Department, National Museum of Japanese History, 117 Jonai-cho, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285, Japan
Zagd Batsaikhan
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Mongolian State University, Ulan Bataar, Mongolia
William Honeychurch
Affiliation:
Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 USA
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Since 1996, the Mongolian-American Expedition to Northern Mongolia has been excavating in the Egiin Gol Valley. The goal of this research has been to examine the competing hypotheses explaining the emergence of pastoral nomadism and the evolution of nomadic complexity. The chronological placement of burials and sites in the survey area has been a key facet of this research. At present, these investigations have generated 10 radiocarbon dates from archaeological contexts. Presented here are the previoulsy unpublished 14C dates and some comments on their significance.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , 1999 , pp. 103 - 110
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