Zuun Baruun Kherem, a medieval Eurasian center in Eastern Mongolia.

ABSTRACT: Mongolia contains many urban sites of the medieval Kitan-Liao period (10th-12th centuries CE). The paired site of Zuun Baruun Kherem (ZBK) is a well-preserved example. The ZBK project aimed to examine the form and chronology of construction, the empty areas contained within many walled enclosures of this period, and the administrative use of these centers on the imperial frontier. Fieldwork was carried out primarily using hand augers to systematically examine subsurface deposits and a photogrammetric digital elevation model for detailed study of the surface topography. As well as ceramics, a surprising amount of datable bone and charcoal was recovered. Most remains focused on the densely inhabited Zuun Kherem. Baruun Kherem appears to be a mostly empty space with a few large elite structur

SUBMITTER: Wright J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12799725 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature