青海乌兰县大南湾遗址试掘简报

Trial Excavation of the Dananwan Site in Ulan County, Qinghai

青海乌兰县大南湾遗址试掘简报乌兰县是吐谷浑、吐蕃的主要活动区域之一,也是丝绸之路青海道的必经之路。2000年对乌兰县大南湾遗址进行试掘,清理出墓葬、祭祀遗址、房址等,出土了铜器、铁甲、陶器、石柱础等。祭祀遗迹中出土了罗马金币和波斯萨珊朝银币,其中罗马金币在青海省属首次发现。从发掘的遗迹及遗物判断,该遗址的年代最晚可到11世纪。

Ulan County was one of the main territories of the Tuyuhun and Tuhun ethnic groups, as well as an area which the Qinghai route of the Silk Road had to pass. In 2000, the Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology carried out a trial excavation on the Dananwan site in Ulan. The work resulted in the revelation of tombs, sacrificial remains and house-foundations, which yielded bronzes, iron armor, gold and silver coins, pottery vessels and stone post-bases. The peculiar phenomena in tombs, sacrificial places and houses are helpful to the understanding of the ancient cultural aspect in the western Qinghai region. One of the sacrificial sites yielded Roman gold coins and Sassanid silver ones. Their discovery, especially the Roman gold coins as the first finds of this kind in Qinghai Province, provides new material for studying Sino-foreign exchanges at that time and the position of Qinghai in these relations. Judging from the unearthed vestiges and objects, the Dananwan site continued to'function to the 11th century at the latest.