The excavation of Liao dynasty tomb of Han Derang in Beizhen, Liaoning
Abstract
Excavation and survey of the cemetery in the northwest of Hongjiajie, Futun Village, Beizhen City were jointly conducted by the Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and other institutes between 2015 and 2017. Four tombs were excavated. Tomb M4 is square in layout and has a descending entrance corridor leading to the tomb chambers. The tomb consists of an entrance corridor, a ventilation shaft, an entrance, front and rear passages, an antechamber, a main chamber, and two side chambers. Remnants of mural paintings and floor paintings were found in multiple parts of the tomb. Grave goods, including pottery, porcelain, metals, jade, and glass artifacts were retrieved. According to the epitaph, the tomb occupant is Han Derang, the Grand Counselor-in-Chief of the Liao dynasty. This discovery provides significant data for the study of the spatial patterns of Liao imperial mausoleums in Yiwulü Mountain, especially as a reliable reference for confirming the location of the Liao Qianling mausoleum.
Postscript
The original article 辽宁北镇市辽代韩德让墓的发掘, prepared by Weiwei Si 司伟伟, Xiongfei Wan 万雄飞, Chang Liu 刘昌, Lei Cui 崔蕾, and Jiujiang Yu 于九江, was published in Kaogu 考古 (Archaeology) 2020.4:58– 76 with 47 illustrations. The abbreviated English version, translated by Xin Chen 陈莘, has removed the notes.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- New archaeological discoveries
- The Excavation of a Neolithic site at Jingtoushan in Yuyao, Zhejiang
- The Neolithic Shuanghuaishu site in Gongyi, Henan
- The Shang dynasty remains at the Guoyuanzui site in Lutai Mountain, Huangpi District, Wuhan
- The Western Zhou Yaoheyuan site in Pengyang County, Ningxia
- Tang remains from the Keyak Khduk Beacon site in Yuli County, Xinjiang
- The excavation of the 2018 Xuewei tomb No. 1 in Reshui cemetery, Dulan County, Qinghai
- Reports
- The 2016–2017 excavation of the bronze foundry zone at the Guanzhuang site, Xingyang, Henan
- The excavation of tomb M12 at Hujiacaochang cemetery in Jingzhou, Hubei
- The excavation of Liao dynasty tomb of Han Derang in Beizhen, Liaoning
- Research
- Research on prehistoric 凸-shaped house remains on the Loess Plateau
- The rise and fall of the Liangzhu society in the perspective of subsistence economy
- Boot-shaped antler artifacts and prehistoric leather production
- Archaeological culture, document texts, and the construction of early Wu Yue history
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- Additional niches and architecture added in the Tang dynasty to the Vairocana niche in the Fengxian Temple at Longmen
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