山西芮城清凉寺新石器时代墓地

The Neolithic Graveyard of Qingliang Temple,Ruicheng County,Shanxi Province Relics and Archaeology Institute of Shanxi Province

清凉寺墓地位于山西省西南端的芮城县,现存墓地总面积约5000平方米。2003年秋至2004年冬,山西省考古研究所等单位对清凉寺墓地进行了考古发掘。到2004年底,共清理墓葬262座。其中属庙底沟二期文化墓葬的年代可分为早中晚三个阶段。第一阶段的小型墓遍布整个墓地。第二阶段的大型墓从墓地中部向东延伸,打破了第一阶段小型墓葬。第三阶段的墓葬分布在墓地中、东部,仅有少数几座,它们打破了第二阶段的大型墓,形制与第一阶段小型墓相同。出土器物有玉石器、鳄鱼骨板、兽牙、猪下颌骨、陶器等。该墓地的年代距今约4500-4300年。

The graveyard of Qingliang temple, about 5000 square meters, is located in the Ruicheng County, the south most point of Shanxi Province. Until the end of 2004, 262 tombs were discovered. The tombs belonging to the phase Ⅱ of the Miaodigou Culture can be divided into three stages. In the first stage, small-sized tombs were distributed throughout the graveyard. The large-sized ones of the second stage spread out from the center to the east, and broke the tombs of the first stage. In the third stage, most tombs were situated at the central and eastern graveyard; only several tombs broke the large-sized ones of the second stage, and their shapes were similar to the small-sized tombs of the first stage. The accompanying grave-goods are stone implements, jades, crocodiles＇ bones, beasts＇ teeth, pigs＇ lower jawbones, pottery and so on. The graveyard can be dated hack to 4500- 4300B. P.