河南淅川县马川墓地秦人异穴合葬墓

The Separate-grave Joint Burials of the Qin People at the Machuan Cemetery in Xichuan, Henan

马川墓地位于河南省南阳市淅川县城西南约21公里处的盛湾镇西北，南距盛湾镇政府约3公里。墓葬分布在马川村周围至江边的农田中，南北长1000多米，东西宽400多米，面积近40万平方米。墓地南依山丘，西临黄水河，

In 2007 through 2013, large-scale excavations were conducted to the Machuan Cemetery in Xichuan County, Henan. The six burials belonging to three sets, namely M6 and M7, M27 and M36, M33 and M34, were joint burials in separate graves of the Qin people. All of these six burials were vertical earthen shaft pit burials in rectangular plan and the same orientation; the bronze mou-cauldrons, garlic-head vases and pottery ding-tripods, boxes, vases and jars had clear chronological and cultural characteristics. These burials are important physical materials for the researches on the burial system in Danyang, the old capital of the Chu State, from the late Warring-States Period to the early Western Han Dynasty and the communications between the Qin Culture and the Chu Culture and the cultures of the Central Plains.