随州周家寨墓地M9、M22发掘简报

Excavation Report of Tombs M9 and M22 at Zhoujiazhai, Suizhou

2014年发掘的周家寨墓地是孔家坡汉墓群的重要组成部分,其中的M8再次出土了竹简《日书》,是我国近年出土的重要文献;同时该墓出土的木牍,再次确证西汉时期今湖北随州一带曾有一“桃侯国”。M9、M22是除M8之外,另外两座比较重要的墓葬,是四座带墓道的墓葬中保存稍好的两座,规模亦为整个墓地最大,证明其等级明显高于其他墓葬,对研究整个墓地的等级制度具有重要的作用。从出土器物的特征判断,这两座墓葬的年代应在西汉中晚期;出土器物的数量也较为丰富,尤其是出土了一批保存较好的西汉青铜器,这在江汉地区并不多见。M9、M22的发掘,为研究随州地区秦汉丧葬制度、侯国地理等提供了重要的材料,也为研究江汉地区西汉中晚期的考古学文化提供了十分重要的实物资料。

The Zhoujiazhai cemetery excavated in 2014 is an important part of the Han tombs at Kongjiapo. The book Rishu of bamboo slips unearthed from M8 is significant in recently unearthed documents in China. Besides, the wooden tablets from the same tomb reconfirm the fact that there was once the State of Marquis Tao in Suizhou area of Hubei in the Western Han dynasty. Besides M8, M9 and M22 are also two important tombs and relatively well preserved among the four tombs with tomb passages. For they are the largest two tombs in the cemetery, they should be of higher rank and play an important role in the study of the hierarchy of the cemetery. Judging from the abundant excavations, the two tombs could be dated to the mid-to-late Western Han dynasty. Especially, plenty of well preserved bronzes of the Western Han dynasty are rare in Jianghan area. The excavation of tombs M9 and M22 provides material objects for the study of the funeral system of the Qin and Han dynasties in Suizhou area, the geographical features of the states and archaeological culture in the mid-to-late Western Han dynasty in Jianghan area.