Xiangyang found that the ancient tombs of the four dynasties, the unearthed "big head pottery dog" is very cute

The Yangtze River Daily Da Wuhan Client June 28 (Reporter Wan Jianhui) Starting a week ago, archeologists in Xiangyang City rescued the excavation The seats were excavated to 32 of the tombs and found that these tombs spanned the four dynasties of the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty.

The excavation scene of one of the tombs of the tomb of the Dongwangjiaxiang site of Xiangyang. (Zhou Ting, the head of the archeological project of the cemetery of Dongwangjiaxiang site)

On the afternoon of June 28, Zhou Ting, the head of the archeological project of the Cemetery of the Dongwangjiaxiang site, introduced in an interview with the reporter of the Yangtze River Daily that the unearthed the tomb of the tomb is often damaged due to the grave robbers or natural reasons. The four dynasties were completely preserved and rare.

This cemetery was originally high, and was only flat in the 1960s and 1970s. Until now, these tombs are still more than two meters away from the ground, and the top of the tomb and door closure are still complete. The terrain of the tomb is high, and the tomb is buried deeply before being fortunate to save it.

Outside utensils in the tomb. (Zhou Ting, the head of the archeological project of the cemetery of Dongwangjiaxiang site)

Zhou Ting introduced that the dynasties of tombs are generally judged according to the shape of the tomb and unearthed utensils. In a tomb of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the tomb was found to have door columns and door fans. The door columns and door fans were hollow portrait bricks. These bricks were fired. The door fan is about 80 cm long and about 40 cm wide. It is carved with exquisite small fish, persimmon patterns, rice patterns, and evergreen trees. Rich and longevity. High -standard tombs like this indicate that the owner of the tomb has a certain economic strength, which also indirectly reflects the aristocratic identity of the tomb owner.

There are door columns and door fans in the mouth of the tomb of the Eastern Han Dynasty. (Zhou Ting, the head of the archeological project of the cemetery of Dongwangjiaxiang site)

The pattern on the door of the tomb of the Eastern Han Dynasty. (Zhou Ting, the head of the archeological project of the cemetery of Dongwangjiaxiang site)

The tomb group is located around 1.5 kilometers southeast of the ancient Deng City. The owner of the tomb is from Dengcheng or Fancheng. It has to be further verified. It is speculated that the tomb owners are mostly bureaucrats, nobles or wealthy households living in the city. The initial judgment of some tombs is the aristocratic identity. These tombs are single -room tombs. The unearthed utensils are not particularly valuable, indicating that these nobles have not reached the royal member or the prince level.

There are Tang tombs in the tomb. (Zhou Ting, the head of the archeological project of the cemetery of Dongwangjiaxiang site)

There was a tomb of the Han Dynasty found that there were two tombs, which were partially coincided. It was speculated that it was two burials. It is likely that the husband and wife were buried after death at different times. Two pottery dogs were unearthed in the tomb, one of which was large, which was particularly realistic. Black patent leather remains in the tomb, indicating that the coffin and human bones were decayed. At that time, the coffin was generally black red, and the black patent leather fell off the coffin.

Tao dog unearthed. (Zhou Ting, the head of the archeological project of the cemetery of Dongwangjiaxiang site)

The unearthed pottery chicken and duck. (Zhou Ting, the head of the archeological project of the cemetery of Dongwangjiaxiang site)

Earlier pottery pigs. (Zhou Ting, the head of the archeological project of the cemetery of Dongwangjiaxiang site)

Another tomb of the Tang Dynasty, the top of the tomb was made of gray bricks into a dome, and the Kaiyuan Tongbao copper coin and porcelain bowl were unearthed. The tomb of a six dynasties (six dynasties from the Three Kingdoms to the south of the Sui Dynasty), the tomb is narrow, and the porcelain bowls and porcelain plates have been unearthed. There are no patterns on these porcelain, all of which are vegetarian porcelain.

Porcelain plate pot in the six dynasties. (Zhou Ting, the head of the archeological project of the cemetery of Dongwangjiaxiang site)

Porcelain bowl on the wall of inlaid tomb. (Zhou Ting, the head of the archeological project of the cemetery of Dongwangjiaxiang site)

Zhou Ting said that these unearthed utensils provided an important physical basis for the study of the economic, cultural, and funeral customs from the Western Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. At present, archeologists are still discovering the tomb group.

【Edit: Zheng Xiaoxiao】

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