Khirgisüür
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Khirigsuur (kheregsüür, khirgisuur, kereksur, khereksur) is a type of Bronze Age burial, encountered in the Mongolic-speaking regions such as the Republic of Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Buryatia and Tuva. It is composed of a central stone mound with a stone burial chamber generally beneath it, a stone enclosure, and external mounds and circles on the periphery. The etymology of the word is uncertain, though some groups of Mongols connect it with the Kyrgyz people.
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Khirigsuur (kheregsüür, khirgisuur, kereksur, khereksur) is a type of Bronze Age burial, encountered in the Mongolic-speaking regions such as the Republic of Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Buryatia and Tuva. It is composed of a central stone mound with a stone burial chamber generally beneath it, a stone enclosure, and external mounds and circles on the periphery. The etymology of the word is uncertain, though some groups of Mongols connect it with the Kyrgyz people.
In the 1980s, Yuly Khudyakov noted that Khirgisuur burials are frequently associated with deer stones. After his writings, the "Deer Stone culture" started to be called "Deer Stone-Khirgisuur Complex" (DSK). Chronologically, Khirgisuur burial sites belong to an earlier archaeological period compared to that of the Deer Stones, but they were appropriated by Deer Stone builders.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khirgisüür” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.