Tianshanbeilu cemetery ran from 2022–1802 BC and 1093–707 BC as eastern Xinjiang's earliest and longest-used Bronze Age site.
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Eurasian steppes saw frequent cultural transfers, human migration, and technique diffusion in Bronze Age. Hami Oasis drew multiple cultural flows as Tianshan-Hexi Corridor link. Tianshanbeilu is Hami's largest Bronze Age cemetery. 37 radiocarbon dates set precise chronology. Cemetery used 2022–1802 cal BC then 1093–707 cal BC. Tianshanbeilu is earliest known cemetery in eastern Xinjiang. It has longest use duration there. Four phases: 2011–1672 cal BC, 1660–1408 cal BC, 1385–1256 cal BC, 1214–1029 cal BC. Phases use artifact typology and stratigraphy.

Antiquity Science

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