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Munkhkhairkhan culture

Bronze Age culture of Mongolia

Munkhkhairkhan culture

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Geographical range	Mongolia
Period	Middle Bronze Age
Dates	1800 BCE — 1600 BCE
Preceded by	Afanasievo culture Chemurchek culture
Followed by	Sagsai culture Deer stones culture

The Munkhkhairkhan culture, also Munkh-KhairkhanorMönkhkhairkhan was a Middle Bronze Age culture of southern Siberia and western Mongolia, named after Mönkhkhairkhan Mountain in western Mongolia, and dating to 1800–1600 BCE.^[2] It immediately follows the Afanasievo culture and the Khemtseg culture.^[1] It was contemporary with the Andronovo culture, but its very existence suggests that the Androvo culture did not extend far into Mongolia.^[3]

Some of the best known sites of the Munkhkhairkhan culture are Ulaan Goviin Uzuur (UAA) 1&2 and Khukh Khoshuunii Boom (KHU).^[4]

The domestication of horses using carts for transportation, was one of the characteristics of the Munkhkhairkhan culture.^[5]

The Munkhkhairkhan culture had tin-bronze knives, of a type thought to have been developed in Western Siberia before 1900 BCE as part of the Seima-Turbino phenomenon.^[3] This knife technology was probably then transferred through Munkhkhairkhan to various Chinese cultures, such as the Qijia culture, Erlitou cultureorLower Xiajiadian culture, where very similar knives have been found.^[3]

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  Bone spoon, Ulaan Goviin, 1800-1600 BCE. National Museum of Mongolia
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  Bronze knife and awl, Ulaan Goviin, 1800-1600 BCE. National Museum of Mongolia
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  Hypothesized horse transport technology in use during the Munkhkhairkhan culture period.^[5]

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