Discovery gives archaeologists deeper insight into region's nomadic past

Barkol Lake in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Archaeologists have uncovered a housing site dating back about 3,300 years in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. "We have decided to call the site 'the luxury lake-view house' because it features a complicated structure and is located near the Barkol Lake," Ren says. "Both the tent-style structures built to replace the original house and the rough pottery discovered there indicate people seemingly had opted for a nomadic lifestyle during that period," Ren says. "It is likely that, in the process of climate change, people at that time found their original lifestyle unsustainable, so they gradually embraced a nomadic life," says Ren, adding that the discovery is of great significance and key to ascertaining the origin of the nomadic economy in the region.