河南淅川狮子岗墓地Ⅱ区M1、M6发掘简报

Brief Report on Excavation of M1 and M6 in Zone Ⅱ of Shizigang Cemetery in Xichuan County,Henan Province

2008年9月至2009年1月,为配合南水北调中线工程干线建设,南阳文物保护研究院对浙川狮子岗墓地进行了考古钻探和发掘,共清理出春秋晚期至明代墓葬60余座。其中Ⅱ区M1、M6规格较高,出土数量较多的铜器、玉器等遗物,年代最迟为战国早期,对研究春秋晚期南阳盆地楚国文化面貌具有重要意义。

From September 2008 to January 2009,in coordination with the construction of the main line of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project,coring and archaeological excavations were carried out by Nanyang Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage at Shizigang Cemetery in Xichuan.Over 60 tombs of different periods,from late Spring&Autumn Period to Ming Dynasty,were excavated.In Zone I,M1 and M6,which were built to higher specifications and contain a considerable number of relics like bronze vessels and jade artefacts,were built no later than early Warring States Period,and have great significance for the research into the features of Chu Culture in Nanyang Basin back in late Spring&Autumn Period.