Through radiocarbon dating of human and animal bones,the calendar dates of the four burials at the Houliujiata cemetery located in Qingjian County,Shaanxi Province,fall within the range of the Late Shang Period.Also,the date of burial no.M1 slightly predates other cases.A total of six human individuals were excavated from the cemetery.They are all adults,and males outnumber females.Skeletal trauma and diseases are very common among the examined individuals,with high prevalence of periostitis and squatting facets.Their diet mainly composed by C4 plants and the consumption of animal protein is high.Two young male horses were buried with the owner of tomb no.M4.The morphometric characters of their bone are mostly within the range of domestic horses of the Shang and Zhou dynasties.They were in good health over their lifetime and their diet was intervened by human beings as raised horses.The timber of the burials no.M1 and M3's wooden coffins belong to Abies.The wood found in the bronze chariot fittings from tomb no.M1 and the bronze axe from tomb no.M3 is Ulmus.
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