China News Service, Taiyuan, April 8 (Reporter Hu Jian) The Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology announced on the 8th the archaeological excavation data of Tomb No. 1033 in the Western Zhou Cemetery at Dahekou, Yicheng, Shanxi. Archaeological experts believe that the owner of the tomb should be a mid-Western Zhou Dynasty hegemon. A middle-class noble lady.
Tomb No. 1033 in the Western Zhou Cemetery in Dahekou, Yicheng, Shanxi. Provided by Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology
In July 2007, the Dahekou Cemetery in Yicheng County was discovered stolen. In September of the same year, a large group consisting of the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology (now the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology), the Linfen Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau, and the Yicheng County Cultural Relics and Tourism Bureau was established. The archaeological team of Hekou Cemetery entered the construction site. After exploration, it was found that this was a Western Zhou cemetery with at least 400 tombs buried there.
The excavation of Dahekou Cemetery in Yicheng not only unearthed a large number of important cultural relics such as bronzes, lacquerware, and jades, but also provided valuable information for the study of the utensil usage system and tomb system of the Western Zhou Dynasty. What is more important is the discovery of a feudal state in the Western Zhou Dynasty that has not been recorded in handed down documents - Baguo. It is of great value to the study of the feudal state in southern Shanxi during the Western Zhou Dynasty and its relationship with the Jin state.
The bronze tripod unearthed from Tomb No. 1033. Provided by Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology
Tomb No. 1033 is located in the first excavation area of the Western Zhou Dynasty Cemetery in Dahekou, Yicheng County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province. The burial equipment is one coffin and one coffin. The burial style of the tomb owner is with the body lying on the back and the body straight. The owner of the tomb is a woman, aged 31 to 34 years old. . There are a total of 430 funerary objects in 93 groups, including bronzes, pottery, jade, and clams.
According to Xie Yaoting, the leader of the archaeological excavation project, the tomb in Dahekou Tomb 1033 is a medium-sized tomb. There is a waist pit in the middle of the bottom of the tomb, in which a sacrificed animal was found. According to previous research, M1033 was dated to the early to mid-Western Zhou Dynasty. Based on the analysis of the size of the tomb, the type and quantity of the grave goods, the owner of the tomb is the wife of a middle-class noble from the overlord country. (over)