Abstract
The desert and arid steppes of Mongolia and northern China were geographically central to the spread of pastoralism and the rise of pastoralist states, but research on the organizational strategies of pre-pastoralist hunter-gatherers and the spread of herding has been extremely limited. Until recently, catalogues of sites collected by Westerners in the 1920s and 1930s comprised the body of English-language publications on Gobi Desert prehistory. This article introduces a wealth of new site-specific and interpretive data, drawing on English-language sources as well as Russian- and Mongolian-language publications to create a synthesis for the prehistory of the Gobi Desert from the end of the Last Glacial Maximum to the adoption of herding. Special emphasis is placed on the relationship between a major shift in desert ecosystems, comparable to the ‘greening of the Sahara’, the establishment of an oasis-based broad-spectrum foraging strategy, and progressive desertification and deforestation after 2000 BC. We conclude that an oasis-based adaptation was contemporaneous with the expansion of forests and wetlands and persisted throughout the early stages of herding. A major decline in these economies occurs after 1000 BC, in conjunction with continuing trends towards heightened aridity and major societal changes across Northeast Asia. The persistent co-existence of Bronze Age burials and microblade-based habitation sites around oases, as well as similarities in material culture, suggest that these groups overlapped geographically or were the same entity.
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Moнгoл бoлoн Умapд Xятaдын гoвь, гoвь xээpийн бүc нyтaг нь гaзapзүйн xyвьд мaл aж axyй бoлoн түүнд cyypилcaн нүүдэлчдийн төpт yлcyyд бүpэлдэн бий бoлoxoд нөлөөлcөн чyxaл бүc нyтaг юм. Гэвч эдгээpийн cyypь бoлcoн эpтний aнчин, түүвэpлэгч нapын нийгмийн бүтэц, мaл aж axyйн тapxaлтын тaлaapx cyдaлгaa тyйлын бaгa xийгджээ. Caяxныг xүpтэл 1920-1930-aaд oны үeд бapyyны cyдлaaчдын гoвьд xийcэн түүxийн өмнөx үeийн cyдaлгaaны бүтээлүүд xoжмын aнгли xэлээp бичигдcэн цөөн xэдэн эpдэм шинжилгээний aжлyyдын гoл xэpэглэгдэxүүн бoлcoop иpжээ. Xapин энэxүү өгүүлэл нь cүүлийн жилүүдэд тyxaйн бүc нyтaгт xийгдcэн мoнгoл, aнгли, opoc xэл дээpx apxeoлoгийн cyдaлгaaны эx xэpэглэгдэxүүнд тyлгyypлaн мөcтлөгийн cүүл үeэc мaл aж axyйн үүcэл xүpтэлx үeийн гoвь нyтгийн түүxийн өмнөx үeийн acyyдлyyдыг нэгтгэн дүгнэcэн юм. Mөн зoxиoгчид өнөөгийн “Caxaapын цөлийн нoгoopoл” xэмээx үзэгдэлтэй жишиж бoлoxyйц эpтний экocиcтeмийн тoмooxoн өөpчлөлт, xүмүүcийн “Бaянбүpд” түшиглэcэн aмьдpaлын xэв мaяг бoлoн HTӨ 2000 oнooc xypдaцтaйгaap явaгдaж эxэлcэн цөлжилт гэx зэpэгт oнцгoй aнxaapaл xaндyyлaн тэдгээpийн xoopoндын yялдaa xoлбooг cyдaлcaн бaйнa. Эpтний xүмүүcийн бaянбүpд түшиглэcэн aмьдpaлын xэв мaяг нь oйн бoлoн чийглэг xөpcт бүc тэлэн өpгөжcөнтэй нэг цaг xyгaцaaнд явaгдaж мaл aж axyйн xөгжлийн эxний үe шaт xүpтэл үpгэлжилcэн xэмээн зoxиoгчид үзжээ. Xapин энэxүү aмьдpaлын xэв мaяг нь Зүүн xoйд Aзийг xaмapcaн xэт xyypaйшилт бoлoн тyxaйн үeийн нийгмийн бүтцэд тoмooxoн өөpчлөлт гapч эxэлcэн зэpэг шaлтгaaны yлмaac HTӨ 1000 oнooc xoйш aaжмaap xyмигдaж эxэлcэн бaйнa. Зoxиoгчид гoвь xээpийн бүcэд өpгөн тapxcaн бaянбүpдүүдийн oйp opчимд xүpлийн үeийн бyлш opшyyлгa бoлoн ижил xэлбэpийн бичил ялтac бүxий бyyц cyypингyyд oлнoop тoxиoлдoж бaйгaa нь эдгээp дypcгaлyyдыг үлдээcэн бүлгүүд нэг дop эcвэл xoopoндoo xoлгүй aмьдapч бaйcныг xapyyлaxaac гaднa нэг yгcaaны xүмүүc бaйx мaгaдлaлтaйг цoxoн тэмдэглэжээ.
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Our thanks to William Honeychurch for his tireless responses to our queries and to both him and Robert Spengler for their invaluable comments, as well as to Timothy Taylor and Sarah Wright for their editorial assistance at Journal of World Prehistory. Thank-you to Sergei Gladyshev and Andrei Tabarev for information and images from Chikhen Agui. Preparation of this manuscript was supported by the Social Sciences Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Post-Doctoral Fellowship (756-2015-0019). Field work at Zaraa Uul was funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation Post-PhD Research Grant and by a Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society. Janz’s doctoral thesis, which formed the basis for many of these interpretations, was completed through financial support from the Asian American Alumni, Staff, and Faculty Association, University of Arizona; School of Anthropology, University of Arizona; SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship (752-2005-0035); and a fellowship for East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History from the American Council of Learned Societies with funding from the Henry Luce Foundation. Analyses of existing collections and resulting photographs and illustrations were graciously facilitated by staff and researchers at the following curating institutions: American Museum of Natural History; Swedish National Museums of World Culture (Världskultur Museerna); Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk Branch; and Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
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Janz, L., Odsuren, D. & Bukhchuluun, D. Transitions in Palaeoecology and Technology: Hunter-Gatherers and Early Herders in the Gobi Desert. J World Prehist 30, 1–80 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-016-9100-5
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