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The remains of Yangshao Culture at Xiaowu Site in Lingbao City, Henan

  • Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Lingbao Municipal Commission for the Preservation of Ancient Monuments
Published/Copyright: December 12, 2013
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Chinese Archaeology
From the journal Chinese Archaeology Volume 13 Issue 1

Abstract

In 2007, Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology conducted survey and trial excavation to the Xiaowu Site in Lingbao City. The trial excavation recovered two tombs of early Yangshao Culture. Both of the tombs were rectangular earthen pit tombs of multiple secondary burials. The M1 of them yielded 79 individuals of human skeletons, and M2 yielded 17 individuals. The M1 was one of the large-scale multiple secondary burial tombs of the Yangshao Culture yielding the most individuals of human skeletons found to date. In the Sanmenxia area, the secondary burials of the Yangshao Culture are rare; these two secondary burial tombs found in Xiaowu Site are the first discovery of this type of burials of early Yangshao Culture in this area, and also the second collective discovery of multiple secondary burial tombs of early Yangshao Culture at the joint area of Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan Provinces in the recent several decades, so they have significant academic values.

Keywords: Early Yangshao Culture; secondary burials- Neolithic Age; Xiaowu Site (Lingbao City; Henan)
Published Online: 2013-12-12
Published in Print: 2013-12-1

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https://doi.org/10.1515/char-2013-0008
Keywords for this article
Early Yangshao Culture; secondary burials- Neolithic Age; Xiaowu Site (Lingbao City; Henan)

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Masthead
  2. Contents
  3. New archaeological discoveries in 2011
  4. The Yejiashan Cemetery of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Suizhou City, Hubei
  5. The tombs of the Han Dynasty at the Dayun Hill in Xuyi County, Jiangsu
  6. The Han tomb near Lingsheng Lake in Dingtao County, Shandong
  7. The Chang mo Grottoes in Dinggyê County, Tibet
  8. Spotlight
  9. The excavation of the house remains of Yangshao Culture at Xiahe Site in Baishui County, Shaanxi
  10. The large houses of Xiahe Site in Baishui County, Shaanxi
  11. Reports
  12. The Hualong Cave upper Paleolithic site in Dongzhi County, Anhui
  13. The remains of Yangshao Culture at Xiaowu Site in Lingbao City, Henan
  14. Excavation of the Neolithic city site at Zhangxiwan in Huangpi District, Wuhan
  15. Neolithic Yejiamiao City Site in Xiaogan, Hubei
  16. The excavation of the bronze casting remains in Zhuangli Locus West at Zhouyuan Site
  17. The excavation of the Xiongjiazhong Graveyard in Jingzhou, Hubei in 2008
  18. Excavation of Liu Shen’s tomb of the Western Han Dynasty on Heitou Hill in Xuzhou, Jiangsu
  19. The mural tomb of the Northern Wei Dynasty at Yunboli in Datong City, Shanxi
  20. Architectural foundation No. 5 of the Northern Wei Palace found at Han-Wei Luoyang City, Henan
  21. The Buddhist sculpture hoard at Bei Wuzhuang in Ye City Site at Linzhang County, Hebei Province
  22. Excavation of the cultural remains in front of the Bezeklik Thousand-Buddha Caves
  23. Research
  24. On the archaeology of traditional industry
  25. The Miaodigou Age and “early China”
  26. On the custom of burying dogs in prehistoric burials
  27. The restoration of the chariots of the Warring-States Period in Majiayuan, Gansu
  28. On the Kele Culture
  29. Bronze casting techniques of the Erlitou Culture period
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