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1242: 179: 77: 36: 1210:. The site consisted of mainly bronze artifacts and pottery and 27 horse skeletal remains. Further excavation in 1983 at Guoxianyaozi uncovered a total of 31 burials dated to the 6th to 5th century BC revealing strong north Mongoloid features. These generally decreased towards the south, and skeletal remains of east and north Mongoloid type can be seen from finds in 1198:. These finds are important as they are associated with the development of snake pattern designs on the decoration of weapon and animal-depicting artifacts which later would become a characteristic style of the Ordos. The skeletal remains at Taohongbala (桃紅巴拉) tomb dated to between the 7th and 6th centuries BC are generally identified as belonging to the 492: 1071: 1385:. It is generally thought to be their homeland, however when exactly they came to occupy the region is unclear, and it might have been much earlier than traditionally thought, as suggested by archaeological finds. As the Xiongnu expanded southward into Yuezhi territory around 160 BC under their leader 1214:
and Yinniugou dated to around the 7th century BC, amounting to a total of 117 burials. Many bronze weapons of these cultures are similar to those of Chinese style. Depictions of the Ordos people tend to show straight hair. This is especially true of archaeological finds from
1018:, the capital of Inner Mongolia. The river turns south, enters the loess plateau and forms a gorge at least 200 feet below the surrounding hills. There are no large towns in this region. There is a dam apparently called Wanjia and another further south and then the 1868:, p. 125 "The Mongoloid types of the Transbaikal area and Central and Eastern Mongolia are strongly contrasted with the Europoid type displayed at the same time by the Scythian nomads occupying Western Mongolia and their predecessors of the Bronze age." 1393:. It is thought the Xiongnu also occupied the Ordos area during the same period, when they came in direct contact with the Chinese. From there, the Xiongnu conducted numerous devastating raids into Chinese territory (167, 158, 142, 129 BC). The 897:
Rainfall and therefore population decreases rapidly as one moves north. The Wei River valley on the south is densely populated and is one of the ancient centers of Chinese civilization. The north is grassland and desert
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cuts southwesternly across the center of the Ordos region, roughly separating the sparsely populated north (or "upper Ordos", which is actually lower in elevation than the "lower Ordos" south) — considered the
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is controversial; for some scholars they are the same, and for others different. Many buried metal artefacts have emerged on the surface of the land as a result of the progressive
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from the east and the Wei River from the west. At its juncture with the Wei the Yellow River turns east toward the North China Plain. One can go upstream on the Wei with the
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commandery in 127 BC. Prior to the campaign, there were already commanderies established earlier by Qin and Zhao until they were overrun by the Xiongnu in 209 BC.
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The Ordos are mainly known from their skeletal remains and artifacts. The Ordos culture of about 500 BC to AD 100 is known for its "Ordos bronzes", blade weapons,
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By about 1000 BC Chinese civilization was centered on the west side of the North China Plain with an extension up the Wei valley and a northern extension up the
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Although this rectangular area is obvious on a map, the north and south of the area are so different that the region cannot be said to have a common history.
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largely forms a southern side of the imperfect rectangle formed by these curves of the Yellow River, flowing about 560 kilometers (348 mi) through the
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Kozłowski, J. K., "The problem of the so-called Ordos culture in the light of the Palaeolithic finds from northern China and southern Mongolia", 1982,
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The north and west, the grassland and desert, belongs historically and culturally to nomads. The region had been occupied by humans since at least
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affinity. The weapons, found in tombs throughout the steppes of the Ordos, are very close to those of the Scythians, known on the
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the economic center of China had shifted to the Yangzi valley and the Wei region became partly dependent of food imported up the
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account, both from the 1970s. Bunker, 200, sees them as the same, or rather the Ordos people as a subgroup of the Xiongnu.
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force it sharply southwards. The eastern side of the loop runs about 600 kilometers (373 mi), re-entering the
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Approximate area of Chinese civilization during the Spring and Autumn period. Note the extension up the Wei valley
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evidence showing that they were related to the remains from Yinniugou, as well as modern populations like
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cultures at Ordos, dated between 2200 and 1500 BC. It is associated with about 327 burials, with recent
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from a source not far from its southwestern corner to a confluence at the southeastern corner. The
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for tent-poles, horse gear, and small plaques and fittings for clothes and horse harness, using
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bronze culture and show strong Mongoloid features. A similar type of burial at Hulusitai around
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Nomadic art of the eastern Eurasian steppes: the Eugene V. Thaw and other New York collections
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and early Bronze Age. While the Zhukaigou culture population appears to have been exclusively
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The south and east of the plateau belong historically and culturally to China, for which see
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and remains densely populated throughout history. The largest city in the Guanzhong region,
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of 1,000–1,600 m (3,300–5,200 ft), and consisting mostly of land enclosed by the
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At the southwest corner near where the Yellow River emerges from the Tibetan Plateau is
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The area is of high archaeological interest. Skeletal remains and artifacts show the
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on the other side. The south Ordos and the Guanzhong Plain together were one of the
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populations of the period. Their former territory is now located just north of the
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in a roughly eastern course before turning northwest after its confluence with the
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of the Yellow River, the second highest in China. The river leaves the gorge near
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Wang Hai-jing; Chang E; Cai Da-wei; Zhang Quan-chao; Zhou Hui; Zhu Hong (2007).
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Horse nomads occupied the area of the Ordos Plateau previously settled by the
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produces the river's yellow color—for the Ordos proper before turning east in
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The journey of William of Rubruck to the eastern parts of the world, 1253–5
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and war horses were readily available from the northern grasslands. The
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Willem van Ruysbroeck; Giovanni di Piano (abp. of Antivari) (1900).
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affinity to have settled here, just to the east of the better-known
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The more populous south Ordos is traversed by the upper reaches of
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dynasties the area came under at least loose Chinese control. The
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of China, and on the south bank of the northernmost hook of the
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The Ordos were in contact and often at war with the pre-Han and
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on the lower Wei was several times the capital of China. By the
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and westward. Downriver (north) from Lanzhou is a gorge through
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is colored blue. The yellow area is Inner Mongolia and Ningxia.
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In Chinese accounts, the Xiongnu first appear at Ordos in the
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and again turning sharply eastward. It then flows through
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Provincial boundaries. The Loess Plateau is shaded. The
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Bronze statuette of a man, Ordos, 3-1st century BC.
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New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1405:, and colonized the area of the Ordos under 1269:decoration with relationships both with the 998:mountains force the river to turn east near 414:, a large northerly rectangular bend of the 2073:. Hohhot: Inner Mongolia University Press. 749:saw the development or introduction of the 561:of Ordos Loop's northern bends are fertile 466:. The basin is bounded in the east by the 64:Learn how and when to remove these messages 2155: 2141: 2133: 1913: 1865: 287: 1301:, Lededynsky suggests the Ordos to be of 1146:The Ordosian culture was followed by the 870:—separate its watershed from that of the 226:Learn how and when to remove this message 161:Learn how and when to remove this message 1800: 1605:. Oxford University Press. p. 297. 1336:, migrated to southern Asia to form the 1253:notes that the statuette displays clear 827:before reaching its confluence with the 370: 1626:Wu Rukang; John W. Olsen, eds. 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