Archaeologists have unearthed more than 300 tombs dating back about 4,500 years in central China’s Henan province. About informs Chinese agency Xinhua.
These finds are of great importance for the study of the burial system and social structure of prehistoric China. According to the Luoyang Municipal Archaeological Institute, the tomb complex located at the Suyang Archaeological Site in Luoyang City covers an area of approximately 15,000 square meters, and all tombs are made up of rectangular earthen pits.
The group of tombs is very large and its appearance shows traces of the transition period from the Yangshao culture to the Longshan culture. “It is extremely rare to see this in Zhongyuan, an area known as the central plain,” said Ren Guang, head of the Suyang field excavation project.
Currently, archaeologists have unearthed nine tombs, found the skeletons of 10 people. Some burials were looted in the past.
Suyang Archaeological Site covers an area of more than 600,000 square meters. Luoyang Municipal Archaeological Institute started excavations here in early 2021 and is still ongoing.
Earlier archaeologists discovered A giant Viking hall from the time of Harald Blue-tooth.