CHINA ARQUEOLOGIA golden-age-chinese-archayeolog

12
12
Jade turtle carapace
Height 2.7 (lYs), width 5.3 (2 1 /*), depth 4.1 (i 5 / 8 )
Hongshan Culture, c. 4700-2920 BCE
From Niuheliang, Jianping, Liaoning Province
Liaoning Provincial Institute of Archaeology,
Shenyang
13
Jade animal mask
FIG. i, Jade turtle; length
4.8 (iVs); Hongshan culture;
excavated in 1973 from
Tomb i, Hutougou, Fuxin,
Liaoning province. After
Fang and Liu 1984, 3, fig. 7:5
(top)-
FIG. 2. Jade turtle; length
5.4 (2 Vg); Western Zhou;
excavated in 1993 from
Tomb 63, Beizhao, Quwo,
Shanxi province. After
Shanxi 1994^ 19, fig. 28:1
(bottom).
Height 10.2 (4.02), width 14.7 (5.79),
depth 0.4 (0.16)
Hongshan Culture, c. 4700-2920 BCE
From Niuheliang, Jianping, Liaoning Province
Liaoning Provincial Institute of Archaeology,
Shenyang
In 1989, archaeologists excavated a single large
tomb designated as Tomb 21, Mound i, Locality 2
at Niuheliang. Built into the rock of the hill and
covered with rocks and stone slabs, the tomb contained
the body of an adult male, as well as twenty
jade objects. Though not one of the largest or more
86 LATE PREHISTORIC CHINA