From January to August 2018,the Sanmenxia Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the Yima Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics Protection and Management jointly conducted a salvage archaeological excavation of the Shangshihe Cemetery in Yima City,Henan Province,and unearthed a large number of Spring and Autumn period tombs.This article introduces the discoveries from burials M22,M67 and M77.These three are rectangular vertical pit tombs,which should be classified as small and medium-sized noble tombs in the Spring and Autumn Period.A total number of 321 artifacts of various types,such as copper,jade,pottery and stone have been unearthed.The excavation of these tombs contributes greatly to the study of the Sanmenxia region of the Spring and Autumn period in the field of burial system and funerary customs.
Shangshihe cemeteryYimaEarly Spring and Autumn periodBurial