Sagsai culture

The Sagsai culture (1500-1000 BCE) is an early Bronze Age culture of Western Mongolia. It was centered on the Sagsai area (the westernmost region of modern Mongolia) and succeeded the Chemurchek culture.^[2]

Sagsai culture

Sagsai culture sites in Western Mongolia
Geographical range	Mongolia
Period	Bronze Age
Dates	1500 BCE — 1000 BCE
Major sites	Minusinsk Basin
Preceded by	Afanasievo culture Chemurchek culture Munkhkhairkhan culture
Followed by	Deer stones culture Pazyryk culture Chandman culture

The Sagsai culture is thought to have used horse chariots, prior to 1200 BCE, as shown by dated petroglyphs in the region. It was followed by the Deer stones culture.^[3]

At the same time the Ulaanzuukh-Tevsh culture was prospering in the steppes of southern and eastern Mongolia in the 13th century BCE, and seems to have transmitted the horsedrawn chariot to the Chinese Shang Dynasty.^[4]

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  Sagsai-shaped graves, Mongolia.
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  Sagsai-shaped graves, Mongolia.
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  Sagsai-shaped graves, Tsagaan Asga site (round).
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  Sagsai-shaped graves, Tsagaan Asga site (square).