新疆哈密市艾斯克霞尔墓地的发掘

Excavation of the Askchar Cemetery in Hami City, Xinjiang

墓地位于哈密市五堡乡西南约30公里处,1999年共清理32座竖穴土坑墓,多为单人葬,侧身屈肢。尸体以皮衣包裹,面盖皮覆面。出土遗物主要有陶器、木器,石器和铜器较少,另外还有骨、角器、毛织品和皮革制品。该墓地属焉不拉克文化。墓葬年代距今约3000年,属青铜时代墓葬。

This cemetery lies about 30km southwest of Wubao Township in Hami City, and was excavated in 1999 by the Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. The work resulted in the revelation of 32 earth-pit tombs, mostly single burials in a flexed sideways position. The human remains are wrapped in leather coats and covered with leather masks on the face. Among the unearthed and collected objects, pottery and wooden wares come first in quantity, stone tools and bronzes next, and bone and horn artifacts, woolen textiles and leather articles are still smaller in number. The burial ground is roughly identical with the Yanbulake and Wubao cemeteries in tomb form and grave goods, and must have been of the Yanbulake culture. The tombs date from 3000BP and belong to the Bronze Age.