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A Liao Dynasty tomb in the Panyanggou Cemetery, Bairin Left Banner, Inner Mongolia

Chifeng Museum, Liao Shangjing Museum and Commission for Preservation of Ancient Monuments, Bairin Left Banner
Published/Copyright: November 18, 2017
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Chinese Archaeology
From the journal Chinese Archaeology Volume 17 Issue 1

Abstract

In July through September 2012, the tomb of Mme Yi, the De Consort of the Later Tang Dynasty was excavated. It was a brick multi-chamber tomb consisting of the passage, the entrance, the corridor, the main chamber and the side chambers, the full length of which was 24.1m. 208 pieces (sets) of grave goods were unearthed from this tomb, including porcelains, silver and bronze wares, iron objects, bone implements, lacquer wares, architectural parts and the epitaph. This tomb show more styles of the Han Culture, which was special among the tombs of the Liao Dynasty of the same time. The content of the epitaph made up the insufficient records of the historical textual materials and provided important materials for the researches on the relationship between the Khitan and the Later Tang and Later Jin Dynasties in the Five-Dynasties Period.

Keywords: Elite burials–Liao Dynasty; epitaphs; Panyanggou Cemetery (Bairin Left Banner, Inner Mongolia); Silverware-Five-Dynasties Period (907–960CE)

Postscript

This report originally published in Kaogu 考古 (Archaeology) 2016.3:30–44 with 29 illustrations was authored by Fenglei Ma 马凤磊, Shixun Jiang 姜仕勋, Weichun Cui 崔伟春, Jiankui Li 李建奎 and Lijun Zuo 左立军. This abridged version is translated into English by Tricia E. Owlett 李春霞.

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Published Online: 2017-11-18
Published in Print: 2017-12-20

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https://doi.org/10.1515/char-2017-0013
Keywords for this article
Elite burials–Liao Dynasty; epitaphs; Panyanggou Cemetery (Bairin Left Banner, Inner Mongolia); Silverware-Five-Dynasties Period (907–960CE)

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  2. New archaeological discoveries
  3. Neolithic cultural remains in the coastal area of southeastern Hainan Province
  4. New archaeological discoveries
  5. The Remains of Liangzhu Culture at Jiangzhuang Site in Xinghua and Dongtai Cities, Jiangsu
  6. New archaeological discoveries
  7. The 2014-2015 excavations of the Zhouyuan Site in Baoji, Shaanxi
  8. New archaeological discoveries
  9. Marquis of Haihun’s tomb of the Western Han Dynasty in Nanchang, Jiangxi
  10. New archaeological discoveries
  11. The excavation of the Taiji Hall complex in Han-Wei Luoyang City
  12. Spotlight
  13. The tusi cemetery of the Yang Family at Xinpu New District, Zunyi City, Guizhou
  14. Spotlight
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  16. Reports
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  18. Reports
  19. The excavation of walls and roads at the Erlitou Site in Yanshi City, Henan in 2012–2013
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  24. Reports
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