宁夏同心倒墩子匈奴墓地

XIONGNU (HUN) CEMETERY AT DAODUNZI IN TONGXIN COUNTY, NINGXIA

倒墩子村位于宁夏回族自治区同心县王团乡东北约8公里。墓地分布于村东南1.5公里的坡地上,当地群众称之为兔头嘴。墓地东面是南北向的土梁,墓葬即分布于这处由东向西逐渐倾斜的缓坡下部(图一)。墓地北有一条冲沟,西临洼地与另一土梁相连。周围峁梁错落,沟壑纵横(图版玖,1)。1983年秋,该村农民在耕地时发现陶罐和其他遗物,随后报告县文管所。县文管所及时采取保护措施。同年冬。

The cemetery is located about 1.5 km southeast of Dadunzi Village in Wangtuan Township of' Tongxin County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. During August-September, 1985, 27 tombs were excavated. Twenty of them are rectangular vertical pits, six catacombs and one with a pebble frame along the walls of the pit. The tombs of adults mostly have a small niche in the northern wall and all have a coffin made of wood. The dead lie in an extended supine position, with the head pointing to the north. All tombs are of single burial. In the tomb passages of the catacombs were discovered unequal numbers of ox and sheep skulls and hoofs with foot bones.The funeral objects unearthed from these tombs total over 1500 pieces, including pottery, bronze, iron, gold, stone and bbne objects. The pottery vessels are all wheel.made pots decorated with bowstring, wavy-line and cord patterns and mostly of black clay ware. The bronze objects include belt plaques, rings, tube-like ornaments, a knife, small bells and wuzhu coins. The belt plaques number twenty one and they are decorated with openwork or relief double-dragons, double-camels, double-horses, tiger-torn deers, tortoise-and-dragons, sword-wearing warriors, and horse-drawn carriages with human figures in them The iron objects consist of knives, an axe, rings and belt headpieces. In addition, there are beads of fvarious materials and gold earrings.Judging from the large number of wuzhu coins unerthed from the tombs, it can be inferred that the cemtery dates from the middle and late periods of the Western Han Dynasty. The pottery pots with wavy-line patterns and the bronze belt plaques decorated with various animal and human, figures exhibit clearly characteristics of the Xiongnu Culture and the tombs must belong to members of the Xiongnu Nationality of the middle and late periods of the Western Han Dynasty.