This cemetery lies on a high mound surrounded by a roughly ring-shaped section of a river course. Excavations were carried out near the center of the mound in 1997, which resulted in the revelation of a rather intact ...This cemetery lies on a high mound surrounded by a roughly ring-shaped section of a river course. Excavations were carried out near the center of the mound in 1997, which resulted in the revelation of a rather intact cemetery of the Liangzhu culture. At the center of the mound summit is an almost square zone of burnt clay, which may have been a place for sacrificial activities. A shallow north--south trench divides the cemetery into a western and an eastern parts, in which large tombs and small ones are arranged respectively in good order. The funeral objects unearthed include pottery, jades, stone tools and bone, horn and ivory ornaments, and distinct difference exists between the two categories of tombs in the type, number and quality of grave goods. The cemetery began to be used in the early Liangzhu culture, while its main part was shaped in an earlier stage of the late Liangzhu. Its discovery provides in many ways new material for studying this cultural complex.展开更多
文摘This cemetery lies on a high mound surrounded by a roughly ring-shaped section of a river course. Excavations were carried out near the center of the mound in 1997, which resulted in the revelation of a rather intact cemetery of the Liangzhu culture. At the center of the mound summit is an almost square zone of burnt clay, which may have been a place for sacrificial activities. A shallow north--south trench divides the cemetery into a western and an eastern parts, in which large tombs and small ones are arranged respectively in good order. The funeral objects unearthed include pottery, jades, stone tools and bone, horn and ivory ornaments, and distinct difference exists between the two categories of tombs in the type, number and quality of grave goods. The cemetery began to be used in the early Liangzhu culture, while its main part was shaped in an earlier stage of the late Liangzhu. Its discovery provides in many ways new material for studying this cultural complex.
