Based on all materials of the Tianshanbeilu cemetery,this paper conducts a typological analysis of the burial pottery and bronze knives by combining the stratigraphic relationships,artifact assemblages and new C14 dates,and then re-divides the development phases of the cemetery.The research results show that the material culture of the Tianshanbeilu cemetery was in one continuous line during the development of nearly a thousand years.The Tianshanbeilu people maintained close interaction with the people in the western Hexi Corridor such as the Xichengyi Culture and the Siba Culture,and finally formed the unique Bronze Age culture of the Hami Oasis.