贵州遵义市播州杨氏土司墓葬腰坑初步研究

Initial Study on the Waist-pit in the Tombs of the Bozhou Yang Chieftains in Zunyi, Guizhou

贵州遵义市播州杨氏土司墓葬流行腰坑葬俗,目前确定的杨氏土司墓葬几乎都有腰坑,自宋末至明末绵延不断,是我国腰坑墓葬分布时代最晚最集中的一个区域,对腰坑葬俗的研究有着重要意义。本文以考古学方法对播州杨氏土司墓葬腰坑进行研究,据腰坑材质、形制及随葬器物,对之作型式划分,分析其形制演变及原因,并与周边地区墓葬腰坑进行比较,作源流及文化关联的探讨。

Waist-pit funeral was prevailed in the Bozhou Yang Chieftain tombs in Zunyi, Guizhou Province. Waist-pits were discovered in almost all of the chieftain tombs from the end of Song dynasty to the end of Ming dynasty, thus they are of great importance in studying this specific funeral custom.This paper studies the material, shape and structure, buried objects and type divisions of the waist-pits,analyzes their evolution and reasons, and discusses their origins and cultural correlations comparing to the waist-pits in surrounding areas.