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Tomb No. 139 of the Shang Dynasty at Daxinzhuang, Jinan City

  • Department Of Archaeology, Shandong University and Shandong Provincial Institute Of Cultural Relics And Archaeology
Published/Copyright: November 20, 2012
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Abstract

From March through June 2010, new coring and excavations were conducted at the Daxinzhuang site in Jinan City, during which a new cemetery from the later stage of the early Shang Dynasty to the late Shang Dynasty was uncovered. Among the excavated tombs, Tomb No. 139 is the largest: it is an earthen shaft tomb with a ledge around the bottom on which human victims were found. The burial furniture included one inner coffin and one outer chamber, beneath which a waist pit was located. Numerous grave goods were unearthed from this tomb, including large-sized bronzes, jades and stone artifacts. The scale, burial furniture, human victims and grave goods of this tomb all reflect that Tomb No.139 was a rare high-ranking elite tomb of the Erligang Period.

Published Online: 2012-11-20
Published in Print: 2012-11-1

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