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The Laoguanshan Cemetery of the Han Dynasty in Tianhui Town, Chengdu City
Chengdu Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Jingzhou Conservation Center
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November 19, 2015
Abstract
In July 2012 through August 2013, four earthen shaft pit tombs with wooden chambers were excavated in a cemetery of the Western Han Dynasty located in Tianhui Town, Jinniu District, Chengdu City. All of the four tombs, which had been looted and disturbed, were in similar sizes and same south-north orientation, and could be classified into two types by the presence and absence of the bottom chambers. 620 pieces of grave goods were unearthed from these tombs, most of which were lacquered wooden wares and pottery wares, as well as some bronzes and iron objects. The most important discoveries are the over 50 wooden tablets unearthed from M1, the jade seal and four loom models made of bamboo and wood unearthed from M2 and 920 (numbered) bamboo slips and lacquered human figurine with marks of meridians and acupuncture points unearthed from M3. The bamboo slips unearthed from M3 were mostly medical works, the contents of which were about medical theory, meridian and pulse, diagnoses, causes and symptoms of diseases and the treating of diseases, etc.
Keywords: Bamboo slips; Laoguanshan Cemetery (Jinniu District; Chengdu City; Sichuan); looms (textile tools)-Han Dynasty; medical literature-history
Published Online: 2015-11-19
Published in Print: 2015-11-1
© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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Keywords for this article
Bamboo slips;
Laoguanshan Cemetery (Jinniu District;
Chengdu City;
Sichuan);
looms (textile tools)-Han Dynasty;
medical literature-history
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