河南淅川县马川墓地东周墓葬的发掘

Excavation to the Eastern Zhou Burials of Machuan Cemetery at Xichuan County,Henan

马川位于河南省南阳市淅川县盛湾镇西北，北距县城约21公里，南距盛湾镇政府约3公里。马川墓地位于丹江南岸的二级地上，南北长1000余米，东西宽400余米，面积近40万平方米。

In the years 2007 to 2008, South-North Water Transfer Office, Henan Provincial Cultural Heritage Administration conducted archaeological excavation to Machuan Cemetery at Xichuan County, Henan Province, which recovered about 300 burials from the Eastern Zhou Period to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The over 100 Eastern Zhou burials were preserved rather well, all of which were rectangular shaft pit tombs and few of them had stepped or ramped passageways. Most of the tombs were furnished with single wooden coffin, with some exceptions having an outer coffin and a coffin. Most of the burials were in extended supine individual position. Most of the grave goods were potteries, and some burials had bronze weapons and personal ornaments such as beads unearthed. The discovery of these tombs provided new data for establishing the development sequence of local archaeological cultures in the Eastern Zhou Period.