Bazargur Dashzeveg

Senior Researcher

Ph.D. – Institute of Archaeology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences (Archaeology). Researcher in the Stone Age Division of the Institute of Archeology, MAS. Dr. Bazargur is Senior Researcher on projects investigating Middle and Upper Paleolithic sites in northern and northeastern Mongolia. He studied the Egiin Gol sites and, together with a Korean Paleolithic expedition, the Rashaan Khad site. Dr. Bazargur completed a long-term fellowship in Seoul just prior to defending his doctoral dissertation, which included new interpretations of Upper Paleolithic sites in northern Mongolia. Since 2018, Bazargur has been a leading researcher in the Mongolian-Russian-American investigations of Middle and Upper Paleolithic occupations in the Orkhon Valley (Khangai Mountains) and the Gobi Altai region. He also undertakes intensive work in rescue archaeology, including later prehistoric periods. His research interests include hominin migrations and dispersals in eastern Central Asia, interactions among populations in the Altai Mountains, Mongolia, and North China during the Pleistocene, lithic industries, stone raw material procurement, and sedimentology.

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