陕西清涧寨沟遗址后刘家塔商代墓葬发掘简报

Preliminary Report on the Excavation of Shang-Period Tombs in the Houliujiata Cemetery at the Zhaigou Site in Shaanxi

2022年9~12月,陕西省考古研究院等对后刘家塔墓地进行了抢救性考古发掘,共发现4座商代贵族墓葬。墓葬虽均被盗扰,仍然出土了数量众多的小件器物,其中以车马器最多,还发现了墓室内葬车遗存。大量随葬品与殷墟高等级贵族墓葬相同,显示出浓厚的殷墟高等级用器色彩,反映了黄土丘陵地区与商王朝之间密切的经济、文化交流,以及商王朝对周边地区的强烈影响。该墓地是目前发掘的黄土高原地区规模最大的商代墓葬,是近年来商代考古的重要突破。

From September to December,2022,the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology collaborated with other institutes to conduct a salvage excavation of the Houliujiata cemetery at the Zhaigou Site,Qingjian County and identified four elite tombs of the Shang period.Although all tombs were looted,a large number of artifacts were still unearthed,among which chariots and horse fittings were the main category.In addition,remains of buried chariots were also found inside the tomb chamber.Many funeral objects are similar to those owned by high-ranking classes in Yinxu,showing a strong influence from Yinxu with regard the practice of the using of high prestige objects.This phenomenon reflects the close economic and cultural exchanges between the Loess Highland and the Shang Dynasty and the strong influence of the Shang Dynasty on its surrounding regions.The cemetery includes the largest tomb of the Shang period that have been excavated in the Loess Highland,and it has been a crucial breakthrough in Shang archaeology in recent years.