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The excavation of the Xiongjiazhong Graveyard in Jingzhou, Hubei in 2008

  • Jingzhou Municipal Museum
Published/Copyright: December 12, 2013
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Chinese Archaeology
From the journal Chinese Archaeology Volume 13 Issue 1

Abstract

The Xiongjiazhong Graveyard is situated on a low hill to the west of Zhangchang and Zongbei Villages in Chuandian Town, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province. It is 550m long from the north to the south and 200m wide from the west to the east and is composed of main tombs, auxiliary tombs, human victim burials, sacrificial pits and chariot-and-horse pits. From March to December 2008, the Jingzhou Municipal Museum excavated there six horse pits, three small chariot-and-horse pits, and a larger part of a large-sized chariot-and-horse pit (the “grand chariot-and-horse pit” which was numbered CHMK1 by the excavators), in which various types of chariots are orderly arranged in two rows. Judged by the unearthed bronzes and the date of the whole graveyard, the chariot-and-horse pits were probably built in the mid Warring-States Period. The grand chariot-and-horse pit at Xiongjiazhong is also the largest among those discovered so far throughout China. So its excavation is of great value to the study of the chariot system in the Warring- States Period.

Keywords: Burials-Chu State (Warring-States Period); chariots (ancient vehicles)-China- history; Xiongjiazhong Site (Jingzhou City; Hubei)
Published Online: 2013-12-12
Published in Print: 2013-12-1

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https://doi.org/10.1515/char-2013-0012
Keywords for this article
Burials-Chu State (Warring-States Period); chariots (ancient vehicles)-China- history; Xiongjiazhong Site (Jingzhou City; Hubei)

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  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”
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  28. On the Kele Culture
  29. Bronze casting techniques of the Erlitou Culture period
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