China News Service, Taiyuan, December 1 (Reporter Hu Jian) The Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology announced on December 1 the archaeological excavation data of the Shang Dynasty cemetery in Jiuwutou. History, etiquette, culture, and state political structure at the end of the Shang Dynasty provided valuable information.
Copper scorpion.
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The Jiuwutou cemetery is located 200 meters northwest of Jiuwutou Village, Hedi Town, Wenxi County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province. Due to the theft of the cemetery, the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, together with the cultural relics departments of Yuncheng City and Wenxi County, organized a cemetery from June 2017 to 2018. In December 2009, a salvage excavation was carried out on the Jiuwutou cemetery.
The excavation area was 5,500 square meters, and a total of 5 "Ja"-shaped tombs (M1-M5), 7 small and medium-sized rectangular tombs (M6-M12), 6 chariot and horse pits, and 5 ash pits were discovered. Bronze wares, pottery, There are more than 600 pieces (groups) of jade, stone and bone wares.
Copper cymbals.
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M10 tomb.
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On the unearthed bronze wares, archaeologists found an inscription with the word "hidden".
According to Ma Sheng, the leader of this archaeological excavation project, "Ni" has never appeared as a combined inscription or a compound clan inscription. According to the arrangement of the tombs in the Jiuwutou cemetery, it is preliminarily concluded that this cemetery should be a "Ni" family cemetery .
M1 outer chamber.
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According to Ma Sheng, Wenxi Jiuwutou cemetery in southern Shanxi, Fushanqiao North cemetery, Dongwu cemetery in Jiangxian County, and Lingshi Jingjie cemetery in central Shanxi are all located at the foot of the mountain or on the lower side of the mountain.
These cemeteries (sites) just connected Taiyue Mountain to the western foot of Zhongtiao Mountain, forming a north-south arc.
Bronze animal face.
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The unearthed situation of M2 bronze spear and bronze animal mask.
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"This line is actually a defensive line, and it is also the western edge of the actual control of the Shang Dynasty in the late Shang Dynasty. In the late Shang Dynasty, the sphere of influence of the Shang Dynasty in the west and north continued to shrink. One of the reasons was to face the two powerful forces in the west and the north. These forces posed a great threat to the northwest frontier defense of the Shang Dynasty." Ma Sheng said.
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