The Donghanping cemetery lies southwest of Peijiazhuang Village of Luomen Town in Wushan County, Gansu Province. Through excavation in 2000, the Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology discovered...The Donghanping cemetery lies southwest of Peijiazhuang Village of Luomen Town in Wushan County, Gansu Province. Through excavation in 2000, the Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology discovered here 71 tombs of the Warring States period to Song-Yuan times. More than 300 pieces (groups) of funeral objects were unearthed, including bronze, iron, pottery and bone articles. The present paper reports six representative graves of the 37 tombs of the Warring States, Qin and Han periods. In shape they belong to the earth-pit-cum-cave, earth-pit and ramping-passaged earth-pit types. In date they can be divided into three phases: the late Warring States period, the Qin to the beginning of Western Han, and the early Western Han. These tombs reflect characteristic features of the medium-and small-sized burials of different periods in this area.展开更多
文摘The Donghanping cemetery lies southwest of Peijiazhuang Village of Luomen Town in Wushan County, Gansu Province. Through excavation in 2000, the Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology discovered here 71 tombs of the Warring States period to Song-Yuan times. More than 300 pieces (groups) of funeral objects were unearthed, including bronze, iron, pottery and bone articles. The present paper reports six representative graves of the 37 tombs of the Warring States, Qin and Han periods. In shape they belong to the earth-pit-cum-cave, earth-pit and ramping-passaged earth-pit types. In date they can be divided into three phases: the late Warring States period, the Qin to the beginning of Western Han, and the early Western Han. These tombs reflect characteristic features of the medium-and small-sized burials of different periods in this area.
