From December 9th to 18th,2018,Xi'an Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics Conservation and Archaeology excavated a tomb belonging to the Eastern Han Dynasty,numbered M123,at Buli Village of the Airport New City in the Xixian New District,Shaanxi Province.The tomb was a brick-multi-chambered tomb with a long sloping tomb passage,which comprised of the tomb passage,the sealed door,the north aisle,the front chamber,the west side chamber,the east side chamber,the south aisle,and the rear chamber.A total of 141 pieces(sets)of burial objects were unearthed,which were mainly pottery,along with coins and bronze,iron,and stone artifacts.The tomb was built in the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty,with the phenomenon of joint burial of several people and secondary burial.This tomb provides new materials for studying the Han Dynasty burial customs and material culture in Xi'an and Xianyang regions.
Buli Village of the Xixian New Districtthe middle of the Eastern Han Dynastybrick-multi-chambered tombjoint burial