Excavation of Liu Shen’s tomb of the Western Han Dynasty on Heitou Hill in Xuzhou, Jiangsu
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Xuzhou Museum
Abstract
In June through August 2006, Xuzhou Museum excavated the M1 at the Heitou Hill in the eastern suburb of Xuzhou City. This tomb was a vertical stone shaft pit tomb of the early Western Han Dynasty; it had an earthen mound above the grave and attendant burials were found around it. In the rammed earth fill of the grave, five layers of sealing stones were found; the burial furniture was wooden coffin, in which two human remains were found, showing that this tomb was a couple joint burial. From this tomb, large amount of exquisite grave goods were unearthed, including potteries, bronzes, jades and agate objects, iron objects, bone and wooden objects, etc. The eight seals among the grave goods were the official and private seals of the tomb occupants, from the text of which we know that the name of the male occupant of the tomb is Liu Shen, and estimate him as a member of the royal family of the Chu Feudatory Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty.
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- Masthead
- Contents
- New archaeological discoveries in 2011
- The Yejiashan Cemetery of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Suizhou City, Hubei
- The tombs of the Han Dynasty at the Dayun Hill in Xuyi County, Jiangsu
- The Han tomb near Lingsheng Lake in Dingtao County, Shandong
- The Chang mo Grottoes in Dinggyê County, Tibet
- Spotlight
- The excavation of the house remains of Yangshao Culture at Xiahe Site in Baishui County, Shaanxi
- The large houses of Xiahe Site in Baishui County, Shaanxi
- Reports
- The Hualong Cave upper Paleolithic site in Dongzhi County, Anhui
- The remains of Yangshao Culture at Xiaowu Site in Lingbao City, Henan
- Excavation of the Neolithic city site at Zhangxiwan in Huangpi District, Wuhan
- Neolithic Yejiamiao City Site in Xiaogan, Hubei
- The excavation of the bronze casting remains in Zhuangli Locus West at Zhouyuan Site
- The excavation of the Xiongjiazhong Graveyard in Jingzhou, Hubei in 2008
- Excavation of Liu Shen’s tomb of the Western Han Dynasty on Heitou Hill in Xuzhou, Jiangsu
- The mural tomb of the Northern Wei Dynasty at Yunboli in Datong City, Shanxi
- Architectural foundation No. 5 of the Northern Wei Palace found at Han-Wei Luoyang City, Henan
- The Buddhist sculpture hoard at Bei Wuzhuang in Ye City Site at Linzhang County, Hebei Province
- Excavation of the cultural remains in front of the Bezeklik Thousand-Buddha Caves
- Research
- On the archaeology of traditional industry
- The Miaodigou Age and “early China”
- On the custom of burying dogs in prehistoric burials
- The restoration of the chariots of the Warring-States Period in Majiayuan, Gansu
- On the Kele Culture
- Bronze casting techniques of the Erlitou Culture period
