Banzart Khairkhan

Banzart Khairkhan lies in the dry country of the southern Gobi, where rocky ground and sparse vegetation stretch between mountain ranges. The region has a long record of human habitation despite its aridity. At Banzart Khairkhan, analysis of ancient human remains has found traces of horse and ruminant milk proteins, evidence of dairy foods in the pastoral societies of the Mongol period.