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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sahensai CemeteryCountry: China
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Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Urumqi
Latitude: 43.745800N Longitude: 87.609790E
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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The Sahensai cemetery, located on the second terrace of the synonymous gorge in the southern suburb of Urumqi, was discovered during the second national survey. In this flat and open territory, about 200 tombs were discovered. Marked by mound-like stone piles or stone encirclement on the ground, they are varied in shape, including shaft earthen pit, shaft stone-lined pit, and catacomb. The occupants are laid in supine or side, stretched or contracted position, in singularity or compound. The diversity of tombs denotes a variety of cultures and a long temporal span, lasting from the Bronze Age till the Han and Tang dynasties.
Tombs of the early period, counting 16, are located in the center of the cemetery. They are without aboveground mounds, but stone encirclement only. Their structures are circular or rectangular shaft pits, with linear or cruciform ridges on the bottom. All the human bones are disturbed; none is intact. But all occupants are single. Mortuary goods are normally placed in the depressions on the bottom, including ceramic, bronze, and stone artifacts. Forms of ceramic wares are peculiar; they are brown in color and tempered with sand, leveled at mouth, deep in belly, and flat at bottom. In rare occasions are found triangular impression on the rims. Among the other goods, there are bronze mirrors, bronze mace-heads, and bronze bowl, as well as stone molars. These tombs are the first discoveries of their kind in Xinjiang. Radiocarbon dates of them are around 3890BP and of the Bronze Age.
More, with lots of images of the tombs at The Chinese Institute of Archaeology
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