Chengdu Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology........................4 

A preliminary report of the survey at the Sunjiayan locality of the Gaoshan ancient city site of Dayi County, Chengdu 

Abstract：In December 2014, the Chengdu Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology surveyed the Sunjiayan locality at the Gaoshan ancient city site, Chengdu. Drilling and preliminary excavations show that the Neolithic relics was part of the wall, while a sacrificial pit was uncovered underneath the wall. The survey revealed archaeological remains in prior to the first phase of the Baodun culture, named the first phase of Gashan. The discoveries are significant in terms of the date of the Gaoshan ancient city site, as well as the origin of the Baodun culture.

Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.................12 

On the survey and excavation at the Gucheng site of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Huiji District, Zhengzhou 

Abstract：In March, 2020, the Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology conducted a salvage excavation at Sutun Village, Huiji District, Zhengzhou. It unearthed a number of relics of the Shang, Zhou, Han and Tang Dynasties, as well as a walled city site of the Eastern Zhou period. The walled settlement was in use till the early Western Han Dynasty. While only a limited number of walled settlements from the Eastern Zhou to the Han Dynasty has been excavated at Zhengzhou, this makes one of the few. It has provided an important corpus of data to the study of Zhengzhou during this period.

Shaanxi Provincial Academy of Archaeology.........................................................20

A preliminary report of the excavation of the burial of the LIU Honggui couple of the Tang Dynasty 

Abstract：IFrom 2021 to 2022, the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology excavated a group of family tombs of LIU Honggui of the Middle and Late Tang Dynasty. The tombs are located in the south of Baiyangzhai Village, Chanba Ecological Zone, Xi’an. M5 and M6 are two brick chamber tombs, which were located side by side. According to the M5 epitaph, the tomb occupant is LIU Honggui’s wife of the Li lineage from Longxi. Therefore, the owner of M6 tomb should be LIU Honggui, according to the layout of the two tombs. LIU Honggui was a powerful eunuch during the Emperor Xian period, who supported a new monarch and adopted sons. His family members also profoundly influenced the political changes of the late Tang Dynasty. This archaeological discovery is the first comprehensive and scientific excavation of the eunuch family cemetery of the Tang Dynasty, which provides important data for the study of the changes in the mortuary system in the late Tang Dynasty.

Zhengzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology................30 

A preliminary report of the excavation of the burial of the ZHANG Xue couple of the Ming Dynasty at Xingyang, Henan 

Abstract：IFrom 2021 to 2022, the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology excavated a group of family tombs of LIU Honggui of the Middle and Late Tang Dynasty. The tombs are located in the south of Baiyangzhai Village, Chanba Ecological Zone, Xi’an. M5 and M6 are two brick chamber tombs, which were located side by side. According to the M5 epitaph, the tomb occupant is LIU Honggui’s wife of the Li lineage from Longxi. Therefore, the owner of M6 tomb should be LIU Honggui, according to the layout of the two tombs. LIU Honggui was a powerful eunuch during the Emperor Xian period, who supported a new monarch and adopted sons. His family members also profoundly influenced the political changes of the late Tang Dynasty. This archaeological discovery is the first comprehensive and scientific excavation of the eunuch family cemetery of the Tang Dynasty, which provides important data for the study of the changes in the mortuary system in the late Tang Dynasty.

GUO Rongzhen et al. ................................................................38

An archaeological research of the flotation result of the Yulin site, Jinan, Shandong 

Abstract：The archaeological excavations at the Yulin site in 2016 has fruitful results. The flotation results show that the subsistence of the settlement ancestors in different periods includes two major parts: food production and extractive economy. In terms of the combination and composition of the crops, the millet crops occupied a certain position in the life of the forefathers of the Dawenkou Culture and the Longshan Culture. From the Yueshi Culture to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there were a variety of agricultural planting systems, in which the millet was the main crop. The cultivation and utilization of wheat and legume crops varied in different periods. Other remains may also have been plant-based food resources of the time, but they were less important than food crops.

TIAN Rui and CHEN Kunlong...................................................47 

On the inscriptions of the granting Jin the Western Zhou Dynasty 

Abstract：Reward is one of the important ways of metal circulation in the Western Zhou Dynasty. It is generally believed that the inscription“Jin”refers to copper metal. This paper investigates the inscriptions on the Ci Jin in the Western Zhou Dynasty, divides the givers into the King, vassals and officials of the Zhou Dynasty. The corresponding act of Ci Jin according to the relationship between the subject and object of the reward is interpreted, and some doubtful bronze articles are briefly explained. In addition, the time when the act of Ci Jin existed is discussed. It is found that the giving Jin act was most popular in early Western Zhou Dynasty. It may represent the metal resource distribution model, in which the King of Zhou was core. It also makes a supplementary explanation for this phenomenon from the perspective of the register system.

CHEN Qinlong............................................................................55 

An archaeological research of the burials of waist pit of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in Zhengzhou 

Abstract：The tombs with waist pits of the Eastern Zhou Period in Zhengzhou are scattered, while concentrated burial areas or cemeteries of such kind are absent. The waist pits are diverse in shape, mainly irregular or rectangular. In Zhengzhou, the waist-pit tombs of the Eastern Zhou period are mostly north-south oriented, while the tomb occupants were mainly buried in the supine and straight position. Male tomb occupants are significantly larger in number than women. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there were many martyrs in the waist pits. In the Warring States period, vessels were deposited in the waist pits.It reflects the change in the funeral concept then. After the middle Warring States period, niches gradually replaced waist pits. The tomb occupants should have been mainly Yin remnants. The decline and demise of the waist pit tombs in the late Warring States period reflects that Yin remnants being integrated into the Zhou community.

YUE Minjing..................................................................................63 

On the drama in image representations

Abstract：The stone reliefs of the Eastern Han Dynasty in Northern Shaanxi are famous for the images on tomb gates, the themes of which follow a certain logic. The theme of the stories in some of the images is obviously influenced by the performance of baixi, which emphasizes the entertainment value and centers artistic expression. The artistic expression targets at the funeral procession. The images, together with the common gray pottery pots at the tomb entrance in northern Shaanxi, make an important part of mortuary rituals then.