山西浮山南霍墓地东周铜器墓发掘简报

Excavation of Eastern Zhou Tombs with Bronzes at the Nanhuo Cemetery in Fushan,Shanxi

南霍墓地位于山西省浮山县城北约7公里处,地理坐标为北纬36°00′51.99″、东经111°51′31.24″,海拔约780米。墓地地势平坦开阔,东南距南霍村390余米,北面及东面是现代农田,南邻呼北线公路,西侧有一条深约20米的冲沟,涝河从墓地西南流过(图一)。由于墓地屡遭盗扰,1998年6~11月,山西省考古研究所与临汾地区文物局、浮山县文化局组成联合考古队,对墓地进行了勘探与抢救性发掘[1]。经勘探,墓地东西长约500、南北宽约400米,总面积约20万平方米,墓地时代自春秋中期延续至汉代。探明墓葬300余座、车马坑6座,清理东周墓31座,其中3座被盗。现将其中5座铜礼器墓发掘情况简报如下。

From June to November 1998,the Shanxi Academy of Archaeology and others conducted a rescue excavation at the Nanhuo Cemetery in Fushan County,excavated 31 tombs of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty,and found bronze ritual vessels from 5 tombs among them.These 5 tombs with bronzes are all rectangular vertical earthen shaft pit tombs with wooden coffins,east-west oriented.Unearthed artifacts include bronzes,potery,bone,clamshell,jade and stone objects,etc.Bronzes are typed in ritual vessels,weapons,tools,chariot and horse fitings,etc.According to tomb standards and unearthed artifacts,these 5 tombs should be dated to the late Spring and Autumn Period,and the tomb occupants should be the lower rank of noblemen.The excavation provides important materials for studying bronzes of the late Spring and Autumn Period in southern Shanxi and Eastern Zhou tombs in the Fushan region.It is also of great significance in investigating the circulation and dissemination of bronzes casted in the Xintian Bronze Casting Workshop in the capital of Jin State.