VSS | "First Migration East to West" by Dr. Bayarsaikhan Jamsranjav

Long-term archaeological studies have shown that there were two major populations with different cultural identities living in Mongolia and the surrounding regions during the Late Bronze Age. One was the Deer Stone Khirigsuur Culture (DSKC), the other the Slab Grave Culture (SGC). These two groups coexisted in the same territory from the 13th century BCE onwards, but during the 8th century BCE, conflict emerged between them.
As a result, the SGC group pushed the DSKC group further west, out of the region that is now Central Mongolia. Archaeological evidence has revealed that this conflict caused some members of the DSKC to move from Mongolia to the Pontic Steppe—the first migration East to West. In this talk, Dr. Jamsrangjav will present his hypotheses on the nature of these culture groups and their relationship based on research he has conducted over the last decade.Event: ACMS Speaker Series
Speaker: Bayarsaikhan Jamsranjav, PhD, head of the Research Center at the National Museum of Mongolia
Title of Presentation: First Migration East to West: Conflict Between Two Major Cultures of the Mongolian Late Bronze Age
Date: November 20, 2018
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