雍城六号秦公陵园兆沟西南侧中小型墓葬与车马坑发掘简报

Preliminary Report on the Excavation of Medium and Small Size Tombs and Chariot Pits to the Southwest of the Moat of the No.6 Mausoleum of the Qin Duke in Yongcheng

2009年冬至次年春天,陕西省考古研究院对雍城六号陵园中兆沟外侧的708座中小型墓葬及车马坑进行选择性考古发掘,共发掘了4座,其中墓葬1座,车马坑3座。该墓地的墓葬较多配有车马坑,表明墓主人具有贵族身份。但本次发掘无法判断该墓地与六号陵园的关系,而根据秦人西为上的原则,这批墓葬和车马坑可能属于四号或十号陵园。

Between winter 2009 and spring 2010,the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology excavated 4 tombs and 3 chariot pits among 708 medium and small tombs and chariot pits outside the moat of the No. 6 mausoleum in Yongcheng.Since certain numbers of tombs were associated with chariot pits,those occupants should be elite members. Based on the spatial layout,unfortunately,it is still difficult to draw any conclusion about the relationship between the commoners＇ cemetery and the mausoleum. The authors propose that,according to the mortuary practice of honoring the West,these tombs might be associated with No. 4 or No. 10 mausoleum.