湖南澧县孙家岗遗址墓地2016~2018年发掘简报

Brief Report on 2016-2018 Excavation of the Cemetery at the Sunjiagang Site,Lixian County,Hunan

孙家岗遗址位于湖南常德市澧县城头山镇大杨村三组,地处澧阳平原西部,南距澧水约10公里,东北距城头山国家考古遗址公园4公里。遗址海拔高度为46~49米,中心点地理坐标为东经111°36′30″、北纬29°39′40″(图一)。

Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology conducted another archaeological excavation at the site of Sunjiagang during 2016-2018 after 33 pit tombs were uncovered in 1991.It yielded 192 pit tombs and one urn burial along with a number of pottery vessels and jade objects.The whole cemetery was laid out with a clear pattern of spatial arrangement,organized in an orderly fashion.A unique burial practice prevailed in the cemetery,for which the deceased was laid upon a layer of grave goods.According to the typology of unearthed pottery vessels and jade objects,the cemetery at the Sunjiagang site dates sometime from 2200 to 1800 BC.It represents a new local variant of the Xiaojia Wuji culture,and thus can be named the Sunjiagang type culture.