山西隰县瓦窑坡墓地的五座铜器墓

Five Bronze Ware Tombs in Wayaopo Cemetery in Xi County of Shanxi Province

瓦窑坡墓地位于山西省临汾市隰县县城西北3公里处的黄土塬上。2005年,临汾市文物局与隰县文物旅游局联合对该墓地进行了发掘,共发现了17座墓葬,包括一批东周时期的高等级墓葬,出土了一批重要的青铜器。这批高等级墓葬的发现,填补了吕梁山南麓地区春秋时期高等级铜器墓葬的空白。该墓地的发现,不仅对于认识东周时期晋文化向北发展具有重要的意义,出土的青铜器对于认识春秋时期青铜器的生产流通也有积极的意义。本文选取其中的五座铜器墓(M18、M20、M21、M22、M36)进行报道。这组墓葬,年代范围大致相当于春秋中期到战国早期阶段,涵盖了该墓地已发掘墓葬的时间范围,对于整体认识该墓地具有特别的意义。

The Wayaopo cemetery is located on the loess plateau three kilometers northwest to the Xi County of Linfen City of Shanxi Province.In a joint excavation conducted in 2005 by the Linfen Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics and the Cultural Relics and Tourism Bureau of Xi County,17 tombs were discovered,including high-grade tombs dated to the Eastern Zhou period from which sets of important bronze vessels were excavated.The discovery of these high-grade tombs is the first of its kind of the Spring and Autumn period in the southern foot of the Lyuliang Mountain,which is of great significance for understanding the northward development of Jin culture in the Eastern Zhou period.The unearthed bronze wares provide evidence to understand the production and circulation of bronzes in the Spring and Autumn Period.Five tombs with bronze wares(M18,M20,M21,M22,and M36)are discussed in this paper which varies from the mid-Spring and Autumn period to the early Warring States period,covering the time range of all excavated tombs in the cemetery,to strengthen the overall understanding of the cemetery.