Bronze and early Iron Age material culture of the Ordos Loop region of Inner Mongolia, marked by Scythian-style animal-art bronzes; considered the easternmost extension of Indo-European-linked Eurasian steppe nomadism into the Chinese frontier.
Gave way to Xiongnu confederation material culture by the 2nd century BC as the Ordos steppe became part of the Xiongnu's southern heartland.
Covers the rise of steppe nomadic power on China's northern frontier, including the Ordos steppe cultures that preceded and fed into the Xiongnu confederation.