Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Asia 118 — Mongolia Region 10
Period Bronze Age·Regional culture Asia-Megalith·🇲🇳 Mongolia Region 10, Mongolia
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About Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Asia 118 — Mongolia Region 10
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Asia 118 — Mongolia Region 10 in Mongolia Region 10, Mongolia is a Iron Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Asia-Megalith megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of enclosure
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Defensive stronghold
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 800 CE
- Period
- Period Bronze Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Asia-Megalith
- Purpose
- megalithic ritual/settlement purpose for Asia-Megalith
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1943
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 400 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Asia 118 — Mongolia Region 10
c. 800 CE
Initial construction / first occupation at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Asia 118 — Mongolia Region 10
1920 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Asia 118 — Mongolia Region 10
On the ground
Structures & features
26.7061° N · 52.1076° E · 142 m · 3 mapped features
- Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Asia 118 — Mongolia Region 10 — Principal Standing Stonestanding stonestanding stone at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Asia 118 — Mongolia Region 10 — subsidiary complex26.7068° N · 52.1057° E
- Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Asia 118 — Mongolia Region 10 — Northern Chamberchamberchamber at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Asia 118 — Mongolia Region 10 — outlier feature26.7056° N · 52.1061° E
- Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Asia 118 — Mongolia Region 10 — Cairn Annex 3cairncairn at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Asia 118 — Mongolia Region 10 — outlier feature26.7048° N · 52.1067° E