SOME NEWLY-FOUND MEDIEVAL BURIALS FROM NORTH CENTRAL MONGOLIA

Abstract

In 2012, during the archaeological survey in the area of confluence of the rivers Orkhon and Selenge, North Central Mongolia, the author discovered a human skeleton from a gully. There also 11 burials were found at the terrace edge, the surveyed place. By the number, shape, size and external structure, these burials can be dated to 11^th-13^th cc. Furthermore, the human bones found from a gully are most likely remains of a burial, like the burials at the terrace edge, as some important burial artifacts such as fragments of ceramic vessel and domestic animal bones were found along with human remains. In this paper, data about the human skeletal remains and ceramic fragments are presented for the first time.