The excavation materials of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty tombs in Houzhai, Shanxi Province are released, reflecting the blending of Central Plains and northern cultures-Chinanews.com Video

　　On March 9, the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology announced that archaeologists discovered 321 Eastern Zhou tombs in Shuozhou, Shanxi.

　　Houzhai Cemetery is located in Houzhai Village, Shuocheng District, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, in a key area where farming culture and nomadic culture blend.

From October 2019 to December 2020, the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology and the local cultural relics department of Shuozhou conducted archaeological excavations on the cemetery.

The unearthed artifacts are mainly pottery and bronze wares, including tripods, li, pots, pots, pottery jars with ears, copper arrowheads, and bronze swords.

Among them, ear pots have only been unearthed sporadically in other areas before, and cylindrical pots have never been found in other areas.

　　The Eastern Zhou burial artifacts in the Houzhai Cemetery are diverse and show very complex characteristics of the population, which is related to the complex historical process of the area during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

The excavation of this cemetery has important academic value for the study of the blending of farming civilization in the Central Plains and grassland civilization in the north during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

(Reporter Wang Huilin's material comes from Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology)

Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]