China News Service, Hohhot, December 3 (Reporter Li Aiping) The Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on the 3rd pointed out that recently, in Inner Mongolia, Xilinguole League, Sunite Right Banner Erennur Sumu (Sumu, Mongolian, meaning Township) Jihulangtu Gacha (Gacha, Mongolian, meaning village) found more than 120 Huns tombs.
The picture shows the archaeological site.
Photo courtesy of Song Guodong
In an interview with reporters, Song Guodong, director of the Second Research Office of the Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, said that the tomb complex was the first Xiongnu tomb complex discovered in the grassland north of Yinshan Mountain in China.
"The surface of the tombs of the Xiongnu tombs in Jihulangtu is surrounded by round stones (most of them appear to be stone circles). The pits of the two tombs that have been excavated are north-south, with wooden coffins and burning on the cover of the coffins. Traces, the wooden coffin was wrapped in silk and decorated with persimmon-shaped iron flowers. The deceased leaned back straight with his head facing north, and buried sacrificial animals and pottery at the head.” Song Guodong believes that these burial customs and burial pottery and Mongolian desert The tombs of the Huns in the northern area are highly consistent and have the typical characteristics of the tombs of the Huns in the Hun Dynasty.
The picture shows the archaeological site.
Photo courtesy of Song Guodong
Song Guodong said that the excavation work was very rewarding, which not only provided important new materials for the archaeology of the Xiongnu, but also provided archaeological evidence for the records of the Hun's origin in Yinshan region of China in the "Historical Records" and "Han Shu".
The picture shows the archaeological site.
Photo courtesy of Song Guodong
The archaeological units involved in this excavation include the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Beijing Normal University, Inner Mongolia University, Xilin Gol League Cultural Relics Protection Management Station, and Sunite Right Banner Cultural Relics Protection Administration.
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