Sagsai culture sites in Western Mongolia
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| Geographical range | Mongolia |
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| Period | Bronze Age |
| Dates | 1500 BCE — 1000 BCE |
| Major sites | Minusinsk Basin |
| Preceded by | Afanasievo culture Chemurchek culture Munkhkhairkhan culture |
| Followed by | Deer stones culture Pazyryk culture Chandman culture |
The Sagsai culture (1500-1000 BCE) is an early Bronze Age culture of Western Mongolia. It was centered on the Sagsai area (the westernmost region of modern Mongolia) and succeeded the Chemurchek culture.[2]
The Sagsai culture is thought to have used horse chariots, prior to 1200 BCE, as shown by dated petroglyphs in the region. It was followed by the Deer stones culture.[3]
At the same time the Ulaanzuukh-Tevsh culture was prospering in the steppes of southern and eastern Mongolia in the 13th century BCE, and seems to have transmitted the horsedrawn chariot to the Chinese Shang dynasty.[4]
