乌兰木伦遗址于2010年5月发现,同年6-7月由鄂尔多斯青铜器博物馆对遗址进行了抢救性清理,获得大量的文化遗物。鉴于遗址的重要性,2010年的9-10月,鄂尔多斯青铜器博物馆与中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所组成联合考古发掘队对遗址进行了试掘,并在最初发现的第1地点附近相继发现了第2和第3地点。2011年,在第1地点的发掘同时对第2地点进行了小范围 Wulan Mulun site in May 2010 found that the same year from June to July by the Ordos Bronze Museum on the site of the rescue clean-up, access to a large number of cultural relics. In view of the importance of the site, in September-October 2010, the Ordos Bronze Museum and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly explored the site with the first excavation site Found 2nd and 3rd place. In 2011, the excavation in the first place took place in the second place at the same time