湖南益阳十字山墓群2018年度战国墓葬发掘简报

An Excavation of the Tombs from the Warring States Period at the Shizishan Cemetery in Yiyang,Hunan in 2018

2018年10月至2019年1月,湖南省文物考古研究所对益阳市赫山区十字山墓群进行了抢救性考古发掘,共清理古墓葬48座,其中38座墓葬年代大致为战国中晚期。从墓葬形制看均为竖穴土坑墓,且以小型墓为主。随葬器物以陶器为主,另有铜器、铁器若干。十字山墓群战国墓葬的发现为益阳地区战国时期墓葬形制、埋葬习俗等研究提供新的实物资料。

From October 2018 to January 2019,a rescue excavation was carried out on the Shizishan Tombs by the Hunan Provincial Institute of Archaeology at Heshan District in Yiyang City.Altogether 48 tombs have been excavated,and among them,38 tombs were dated to the mid or late Warring States era.All these tombs are in a single shaft and are mainly small in size.The burial objects are mainly pottery but there were also some iron and bronze objects found.The discovery of these Shizishan tombs provides new material evidence for the study of tomb features and the burial system in the Yiyang area.