Guangxi Autumn River The Prehistoric Cemetery Analysis,

In view of lacking of systemic case study of Prehistoric graveyard in Guangxi, this thesis will make a detailed analysis based on Qiu-Jiang Cemetery, which provided important data for the researches on the burial positions and funeral customs of DingSi Mountain Culture. Both Flexed burial and mutilated burial were found in Qiu-Jiang Cemetery, the latter of which was the more characteristic burial type of this cemeter.On the base of archaeological typology and the factor analysis method, this paper discussed the early and later stages of Qiu-Jiang Cemetery, space structure, the age, and social history background it reflects. Conclusions are as follows:Firstly, in accordance with pits burial custom in Guangxi, considering funeral rites and some features in Qiu-Jiang Cemetery, this paper presented that tombs in Qiu-Jiang Cemetery were not ground-buried or dumped bodies.Secondly, analysis of the two layers of bodies revealed in T3, based on the differences of funerary objeets between the upper and the lower burials, Proposed a view that the upper and the lower burials are belong to different time. And according to the funerary objeets in Tl, speculated that burials in Tl are as the same period as the lower burials in T3. Then divided Qiu-Jiang Cemetery into two stages, through the analysis of the unearthed relics, Speculated that Qiu-Jiang Cemetery belongs to the Middle Neolithic periodis, B.P.8000-B.P.7000, but a bit later than the third stage of DingSi Mountain Site. Thirdly, Judging from the spatial location, grave space position, The layout of the graveyard, buried type distribution, based on groups of superimposed and interlinked tombs, distribution characteristics of the burials were also concluded in this paper: in the early stage, the men and women was buried with "male west female east", the whole cemetery reflects "gathering buried" of the tombs, the south-faced tombs and the north-faced tombs are formed a jagged, interlocking pattern; in the late stage, which is obviously changed that the men and women was buried "female west male east", Tomb columns were in stead of gathering buried,and exclusive area for twice-burial has been set.Fourthly, the funerary customs in Qiu-Jiang Cemetery were different from those that in other places around Yong-River area, which showed some regional characteristies, such as mutilated-burial-belt, and the phenomenon of the aquatting burial which setted on the edge of graveyards.Finnaly, the paper disscussed about some social condition such as population, gender, and the social organization and structure that reflected in graveyard.