Study On The Stages Of Tombs In Yili River Valley In

This paper systematically compiles the burial materials of nearly 30 cemeteries from the 17th century BC to around the Christian era in the Ili River basin in Xinjiang. On the basis of analysis tombs and pottery typology in the Bronze Age and Iron Age, Combined with the archaeological achievements of technology,try to division four satage on this region tombs.And finally, the corresponding archaeological culture problems of each period are briefly analyzed.Bronze Age burial ground marks mainly soil pile.Tomb structures are mainly four categories,There are vertical pit holes,vertical hole, the vertical hole stone, the sarcophagus.pottery mainly for ring foot or flat bottom tank.For Iron Age tombs, this article will be divided into three groups, and analyse on the ground marks, chamber structure, pottery types Surface mark on one group of mainly for single round wall, double round wall, round wall pile, single pile.Two groups are mainly single round wall, double round wall, round wall pile, single pile, double pile, soil pile. Three groups are mainly single round walland soil pile. Burial chamber structure on one group of mainly for vertical pit holes,vertical hole slant chamber, the sarcophagus.Two groups are mainly vertical pit holes,vertical hole slant room, the sarcophagus, wooden funeral chambers. Three groups are mainly wooden funeral chambers, vertical pit holes. One group potteries mainly for single ear on a pottery pot, pot, single ear cups, bowls, etc. Two groups mainly for pot, pot, single ear cup, bowl, basin, etc. Three groups mainly for pot, pot, fold the abdomen bowl, basin, etcCombining the tombs C14dating results, the differences of cemeteries not only reflected in the ground marks, tomb structure,and also react on pottery. So this paper tentatively the Ili river valley tombs divided into four periods.Through the analysis of tomb structures and potteries in Ili River basin in Xinjiang, it is discovered that the four-stage division of archaeological culture in this region contains the two categories of historical concept, i.e., the Bronze Age and the early Iron Age. The first stage, with middle-late Andronovo culture as the main body, is from the 17th century BC to the 10th century BC. The period with Suodunbulake culture as the main chronological scope is from the 10th century BC to the 2nd century BC, which is divided into the second and the third stages in this paper, with the second stage from the end of the 10th century BC to the 6th century BC and the third stage from the end of 6th century BC to the 2nd century BC. The fourth stage is from the 2nd century BC to around the Christian era, especially after mid-2nd century BC, when Suodunbulake culture is gradually absorbed and replaced by the up-rising Wusun culture.The development of these four stages experience three different cultural bodies, i.e., Andronovo culture in the early period, Suodunbulake culture in the middle period, and Wusun culture in the late period. Among them, Andronovo culture does not develop and evolve in this region, Suodunbulake culture is not the successor of the former, and Wusun culture has more absorption and integration. Therefore, the Prehistoric archaeological culture of Ili River basin in Xinjiang cannot be solely seen as an archaeological culture but the one with evolution of the three cultures above.