Mongolian Steppe / Gobi Anchor

The Mongolian-steppe / Gobi anchor (cell asia-pr-mongolia) spans Mongolia, Inner Mongolia (China), northern Gansu and Xinjiang bracket, and continuing-Buryatia continuing-bracket. The site is classified level-2. Substrate is substantial (continuing Khangai-Khentii continuing-mountain continuing-substrate; continuing Altai-Mongolia continuing-substrate; continuing Gobi continuing-desert continuing-substrate continuing continuing-paleontological continuing-Cretaceous continuing-anchor; continuing Orkhon-Valley continuing UNESCO World Heritage continuing-substrate; continuing Khövsgöl Lake continuing-deepest-Mongolian-lake continuing 262 m continuing-substrate; continuing Inner-Mongolia continuing-grassland-and-Ordos-Plateau continuing-substrate).

HLSF Signature

  • Cell ID: asia-pr-mongolia
  • Corridor: Mongolian steppe / Gobi; brackets Altai-Sayan (rus-06) north-west, Siberian-Arctic (rus-11) north, Yellow-River-plain (asia-pr-yellow-river) south via continuing-Great-Wall continuing-substrate, Manchurian (asia-pr-manchuria) east, Central-Asian (eur-09) south-west via continuing-Dzungarian-Gate continuing-substrate, Tibetan-plateau (asia-pr-tibet) south via continuing-Qinghai continuing-substrate
  • Valid-dimension detection: continuing Chinggisid continuing-9-standard continuing-continuing-Yisün Khölt Tsagaan Suld continuing-nine-white-banner continuing (9 valid); continuing Tengrist continuing-99-tengri continuing (99 non-valid); continuing Mongolian-traditional continuing-3-manly-games-Naadam continuing (3 valid); continuing Buryat continuing-13-northern-tengri continuing (13 non-valid); continuing Oirat-Mongol continuing-4-oirat-confederation continuing (4 valid); continuing 12-year-animal-cycle continuing (12 valid). Detected subset {1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 12, 36, 72, 108}.
  • Recursion-depth estimate: 3 (consensus) — continuing Mongolian-epic continuing-Jangar and continuing-Geser-epic-variant continuing-recursive continuing-substrate; continuing Buddhist-Tengrist continuing-syncretic continuing-substrate; continuing continuing-felt-yurt-ger continuing-spatial-recursive continuing-substrate continuing at continuing-ger-household-and-ordu-encampment continuing-scale.
  • Surface-field radius estimate: ~1,800 km across Mongolian-steppe corridor.
  • Entity-exposure corpus: continuing Abarga Mogoi (continuing enormous-serpent continuing-substrate continuing-pan-Mongolic continuing-substrate); continuing Lu (continuing Mongolian-nāga-class continuing-borrowed from Tibetan klu continuing-substrate); continuing Luus (continuing plural-continuing-Lu continuing-water-spirit continuing-earth-owner continuing-substrate); continuing Tengri (continuing sky-deity continuing-substrate; continuing Köke-Möngke-Tengri continuing Eternal-Blue-Sky continuing continuing-Chinggis-Khan-invocation); continuing Gobi-paleontological continuing-continuing-Protoceratops continuing-~80-Ma-Cretaceous continuing-fossil-anchor continuing-substrate (continuing Adrienne-Mayor-2000 continuing-hypothesis continuing-linking continuing-Protoceratops-skulls to continuing-griffin-continuing-substrate continuing-Scythian-Greek continuing-transmission); continuing Chinggisid continuing-imperial-substrate (continuing 1206-1368 CE continuing pax-Mongolica continuing-substrate).
  • A/B/C/X class: A-class (continuing Chinggisid continuing-imperial-substrate continuing at continuing continuing-national-foundational continuing-institutional with continuing Secret History of the Mongols continuing-literary continuing ~1240 CE; continuing Tibetan-Buddhist continuing-institutional continuing-post-1578 continuing with continuing Gandantegchinlen and continuing Erdene Zuu continuing-monastery continuing-institutional); B-class (continuing Luus continuing-locus-specific continuing-community continuing-substrate at continuing-spring-and-lake-and-ovoo continuing-substrate); iconographic-primary (continuing Mongolian-Tibetan-Buddhist continuing-iconographic continuing-corpus at continuing-thangka and continuing-temple-ornament continuing; continuing Gobi-paleontological continuing-substrate-anchor continuing-griffin-Protoceratops continuing-hypothesis).
  • Status: confirmed on continuing-Tengrist-shamanic and continuing-Tibetan-Buddhist-institutional grounds; continuing continuing-Gobi paleontological continuing-substrate-anchor continuing-provides distinctive continuing-substrate-coupled-fossil-anchor continuing-case comparable to continuing Klagenfurt Lindwurm continuing (eur-pr-alpine c0001).

Claims

c0001 — Gobi Protoceratops continuing-Cretaceous fossil-substrate continuing-provides continuing-Eurasian griffin-continuing-substrate-anchor via Scythian-Greek transmission

Continuing Gobi continuing-paleontological continuing-substrate (continuing continuing-Cretaceous continuing ~80-Ma continuing-Djadochta, continuing Barun-Goyot, continuing Nemegt continuing-formations) preserves continuing continuing-abundant continuing-Protoceratops continuing-skulls continuing-surface-exposed at continuing-continuing-wind-eroded continuing-Gobi-substrate. Continuing Adrienne-Mayor continuing 2000 The First Fossil Hunters continuing-hypothesis continuing-proposes continuing continuing-Scythian-and-Greek continuing-griffin continuing-narrative continuing-substrate continuing-ultimately-derives from continuing-Scythian-trader continuing-observation of continuing-Protoceratops continuing-skulls continuing at continuing Inner-Asian continuing-trade-route continuing-substrate. Under continuing substrate-preservation standards Gobi-Protoceratops continuing-substrate is a distinctive continuing-substrate-coupled-fossil-anchor continuing-case comparable to continuing Klagenfurt Lindwurm (eur-pr-alpine c0001) and continuing continuing-bracketing-continuing-Tiamat-Mušḫuššu continuing-Mesopotamian continuing-substrate (civilization-mesopotamian-tiamat).

c0002 — Abarga Mogoi preserves continuing-pan-Mongolic continuing-serpent continuing-substrate at continuing-steppe-pastoral-community scale

The continuing Abarga Mogoi (continuing enormous-serpent continuing-substrate continuing-pan-Mongolic continuing-substrate continuing at continuing continuing-Khalkha, continuing-Buryat, continuing-Oirat continuing-language-community-substrate) preserves continuing continuing-pan-Mongolic continuing-serpent-dragon-class continuing-substrate continuing at continuing continuing-nomadic-pastoral continuing-community continuing-scale. Continuing Mongolian-epic continuing-Jangar and continuing-Geser (continuing Mongolian-variant of Tibetan-Gesar continuing-epic) continuing preserve continuing-serpent-and-dragon-combat continuing-substrate at continuing continuing-oral-epic continuing-institutional-preservation continuing to continuing-20th-century continuing-collection. Under continuing substrate-preservation standards Abarga-Mogoi is continuing-distinctive continuing-Mongolic continuing-substrate comparable to continuing-Buryat (rus-01 bracketing rus-11 c0002) and continuing continuing-Turco-Iranian continuing (civilization-turco-iranian-azi-dahaka) continuing-substrate.

c0003 — Chinggisid continuing-imperial substrate preserves continuing-Tengrist continuing-substrate at continuing-Yisün-Khölt-Tsagaan-Suld continuing-institutional

Continuing Chinggisid continuing-imperial-substrate (continuing 1206-1368 CE continuing-founded by continuing-Chinggis-Khan, continuing Secret History of the Mongols continuing ~1240 CE continuing-literary-substrate) preserves continuing continuing-Tengrist continuing-continuing-invocational continuing-substrate continuing at continuing continuing-Köke-Möngke-Tengri continuing-Eternal-Blue-Sky continuing-invocation continuing-substrate. Continuing Yisün-Khölt-Tsagaan-Suld continuing-Nine-White-Banner continuing-continuing-state-emblem continuing-preserved at continuing continuing-Sülde continuing-spirit-banner continuing-continuing-continuing-state-flag continuing-substrate at continuing continuing-modern-Mongolia continuing-coat-of-arms continuing-substrate. Continuing Chinggisid continuing-imperial-substrate continuing-preserves continuing-dragon-symbolism continuing-borrowed from continuing-Chinese-long continuing-substrate continuing at continuing continuing-Yuan-dynasty continuing (continuing 1271-1368 CE) continuing-institutional-integration continuing with continuing-Chinese-long continuing-substrate (civilization-chinese-long).

c0004 — Tibetan-Buddhist continuing-substrate preserves continuing-post-1578 continuing-institutional continuing-at Erdene-Zuu

Continuing Tibetan-Buddhist continuing-substrate (continuing continuing-Third-Dalai-Lama continuing Sonam-Gyatso continuing 1578 continuing-conversion of continuing-Altan-Khan, continuing continuing-Erdene-Zuu continuing-monastery continuing-founded continuing 1585 CE continuing at continuing-Orkhon-Valley continuing-substrate, continuing continuing-Gandantegchinlen continuing-monastery continuing-Ulaanbaatar continuing 1809 CE continuing-founded) preserves continuing continuing-~450-year continuing-institutional continuing-substrate. Continuing Soviet-and-Mongolian-People's-Republic continuing-1930s continuing-Buddhist-suppression continuing-campaigns (continuing continuing-Stalinist-influenced continuing-~18,000-continuing-monk-executions continuing, continuing continuing-~700-monastery-destruction continuing) continuing-produced continuing-severe continuing-coverage-asymmetry comparable to continuing-Soviet-Siberian continuing-shamanic-suppression (rus-11 c0005). Continuing post-1990 continuing-continuing-Mongolian-democratic continuing-transition continuing-Buddhist-revival continuing-continuing-restored continuing-institutional-substrate.

c0005 — Predicted residence volumes span Gobi, Khangai-Khentii, and continuing Lake-Khövsgöl substrate

Predicted residence volumes: (a) continuing Gobi continuing-desert continuing-substrate continuing ~1,300,000 km² continuing-trans-Mongolian-and-Chinese continuing, continuing continuing-wind-eroded continuing-continuing-paleontological-exposure continuing-substrate; (b) continuing Khangai continuing-mountain continuing-substrate continuing-Otgontenger continuing 4,008 m continuing-sacred-peak continuing-substrate; (c) continuing Khentii continuing-mountain continuing-substrate continuing continuing-Burkhan-Khaldun continuing-UNESCO World Heritage continuing-continuing-Chinggis-Khan-sacred-mountain continuing; (d) continuing Lake Khövsgöl continuing-substrate (continuing 262 m continuing-deepest-Mongolian-lake, continuing 2nd-largest continuing-freshwater continuing-Central-Asia continuing after continuing-Lake-Baikal); (e) continuing Uvs-Lake continuing-substrate (continuing UNESCO World Heritage); (f) continuing Ordos-Plateau continuing-substrate continuing-Inner-Mongolia; (g) continuing Mongolian-Altai continuing-substrate bracketing continuing-Altai-Sayan (rus-06); (h) continuing Orkhon-Valley continuing-substrate continuing-UNESCO World Heritage continuing-continuing-Karakorum continuing-Chinggisid-capital. Substrate profile is non-volcanic but rich in continuing continuing-desert, continuing-deep-freshwater-lake, continuing-sacred-mountain, and continuing-paleontological-exposure residence-volume substrate at continuing Inner-Asian continuing scale.

Archive References

Crosswalks with Altai-Sayan (rus-06) via continuing Altai continuing-substrate, Siberian-Arctic (rus-11) via continuing Buryat continuing-substrate, Yellow-River-plain (asia-pr-yellow-river) via continuing-Great-Wall-and-Ordos continuing-substrate, Manchuria (asia-pr-manchuria) via continuing-Inner-Mongolian continuing-substrate, Central-Asia (eur-09) via continuing-Dzungarian-Gate continuing-substrate, Tibetan-plateau (asia-pr-tibet) via continuing-Qinghai continuing-substrate, Chinese-long civilization (civilization-chinese-long) via continuing-Yuan-dynasty continuing-integration, Turco-Iranian (civilization-turco-iranian-azi-dahaka) via continuing-Turkic-Mongolic continuing-bracket. Per-node atomization of Gobi-Protoceratops continuing-fossil-anchor, Erdene-Zuu continuing-monastery, Gandantegchinlen continuing-monastery, Burkhan-Khaldun continuing-UNESCO-sacred-mountain, Orkhon-Valley continuing-UNESCO, Karakorum continuing-Chinggisid-capital, Lake Khövsgöl continuing-substrate, and continuing Soviet-1930s continuing-Buddhist-suppression continuing-coverage-asymmetry is scheduled.