新疆奇台县唐朝墩城址2018~2019年发掘简报

唐朝墩城址位于新疆维吾尔自治区昌吉回族自治州奇台县的县城东北,西、南、北三面紧邻居民区,中心点地理坐标为东经89°35′18.14″、北纬44°01′44.45″,海拔高程695~700米(图一)。唐朝墩城址平面近北偏西约10度的长方形,现存面积约16万平方米,修筑于水磨河西岸的黄土台地之上,与东侧河床高差为5~10米。

Renmin University of China and other institutions conducted archaeological excavation at the site of Tangchaodun during 2018-2019.It yielded cultural remains dating to three periods:the Tang Dynasty,the Gaochang Uyghur,and the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.Uncovered features range from city walls,city gates,midden pits,midden ditches,dwellings,water wells,and baths,to burials.A variety of artifacts were also retrieved,including objects made of pottery,porcelain,iron,copper,bone,stone,glass,crystal,and leather.The city site was fi rst constructed as the administration center of Pulei County,Tingzhou Prefecture during the Tang Dynasty.During the Gaochang Uyghur regime,it absorbed cultural infl uence from western regions.It became a residential locality of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.Excavations at the Tangchaodun site have been of great value to the study of the social history along the northern piedmont of the Tianshan Mountains from the Tang to Mongol Yuan Dynasty,East-West cultural exchange along the Silk Road,and especially the formation of historical patterns of multi-ethnical unifi cation in local contexts.