内蒙古陈巴尔虎旗岗嘎墓地

The Gangga Cemetery in Chen Barag Banner,Inner Mongolia

2014年对岗嘎墓地进行考古发掘,共清理16座墓葬。基本上都有葬具,以独木棺为主,还有木板棺。随葬品有陶器、木质马鞍、桦树皮箭囊、铁镞、铜带饰、玛瑙珠等。墓地年代大致为公元8~10世纪,此次发掘对探寻蒙古族起源具有重要学术价值。

In July through October 2014, the joint Hulun Buir Archaeological Team organized by the Institute of Archaeology, CASS and other institutions conducted excavation to the Gangga Cemetery in Chen Barag Banner. This cemetery covering an area of about 2 ha was located on the riverbank terrace about 6 km to the east of Hoh Nor Town and about 600 m to the south of the mainstream of the Hailar River. The excavated area is 680 sq m, from which 16 burials were recovered. All of the burials had wooden burial receptacles, most of which were log coffins, and some of them were furnished with wooden board coffins. The grave goods unearthed from these burials included potteries, wooden saddles, birch bark quivers, iron arrowheads, bronze belt ornaments, agate beads, etc. The date of Gangga Cemetery was around the 8th to 10th centuries AD, which is significantly valuable for the exploration of the origination of the Mongol ethnic group.