西藏阿里札达县玛朗墓葬调查简报

A Brief Report on the Archaeological Investigation of the Malang Tomb in Tsada County,TAR

2019年,札达县象泉河流域玛朗村附近发现了一座古代墓葬,为带竖穴土坑式墓道的单室多人丛葬土洞墓,是西喜马拉雅地区较为常见的墓葬类型。其年代经碳十四测定,约在公元前后。出土随葬品种类丰富,以往其他墓葬不见的彩陶器、高足青铜杯、贝器尤为引人注目,是近年札达地区发现的墓葬中出土物丰富、等级较高的一座,为该地区公元前后社会复杂化、文化交流等专题研究提供了重要的考古学资料。

In 2019, an ancient tomb was discovered and excavated near Malang village in the Langchen tsangpovalley of Tsada County, Ngari Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). The tomb is located atan altitude of 3412 meters. It is a multi-burial tomb composed of a single chamber with a vertical earth pittomb passage. This is a common type of burial in the western Himalayan regions. According to a C14 test,the tomb can be dated to around the 1st century C.E. A variety of relics were excavated from the tomb- these include colored pottery, bronze pokal and ornaments made of shells – that have so far not beenfound in other tombs. This tomb was rich in unearthed relics that demonstrate its high-grade value whichwill be important for research in the complexity of the local society and the cultural exchange betweenthis and other regions at around the 1st century C.E.