The Shuangyuan Village cemetery is located in Group 7 of Shuangyuan Village,Dawan Town of Qingbaijiang District,Chengdu,the center geographical coordinates of which are 30°51′35″ N and 104°14′16″ E,at an altitude of 433 meters.From March 2016 to July 2018,Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the Center for Cultural Relic Protection of Qingbaijiang District jointly conducted salvage excavations of the cemetery,uncovering a total of 274 Eastern Zhou Dynasty tombs.The cemetery was divided into two areas,labeled Area I andⅡ,based on excavation timelines.Area Ⅱ,located in the southwest of the cemetery,contains mostly Spring and Autumn period tombs,with a few potentially dating back to the late Western Zhou period.Tombs M270,M276,and M293 are located in Area Ⅱ,with M276 being a pit burial without coffin,and M293 and M270 being boat-coffin burials.Excavated artifacts from these three tombs include 10 bronze items such as bells,scabbards,swords,spears,arrowheads,and axes,as well as 24 pottery items such as pottery bowls imitating bronzeware,pottery jars,pointed-bottomed bowls,and vessel lids.Based on the artifacts unearthed,M276 is dated between the late Western Zhou period and the early Spring and Autumn period,M293 around the mid-Spring and Autumn period,and M270 around the late Spring and Autumn period.The excavation of Spring and Autumn period tombs in Area Ⅱ of Shuangyuan Village cemetery provides important data for exploring the decline of Shierqiao culture as well as the social and cultural changes in ancient Shu society during the Spring and Autumn period.
Shuangyuan VillageBoat-coffin burialsSpring and Autumn period
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