A Study On The Hierarchy Of Tombs In Peijun During The Eastern Han Dynasty

Based on the understanding of the evolution and division of Peijun administrative region,this paper included the tombs located in Peijun’s geographical location during the Eastern Han Dynasty.After quantifying the burial information,the paper discussed whether statistics played a certain role in the analysis of burial grade in a certain region through cluster analysis.First,quantify the complete information of 358 tombs in the region.On the basis of the reference objects of qualitative analysis by scholars in the past,the following seven basic variables are obtained:the tomb material,the number of tomb chambers,the number of ear chambers,the size of tomb chambers,and the quantity of earthwork,and the eight basic variables are the number of burial objects,and the eight variables are divided according to the different types of burial objects:copper,iron,pottery,silver,lacquerware,lead,porcelain,jade,ivory and bone,as well as the production tools,chariots and horses,weapons,building objects,storage containers There are 10 different types of funerary articles for different purposes,such as tableware,furniture,burial utensil,religious superstition articles and animal pottery figurines.Then,the data characteristics of 358 tombs corresponding to 26 variables were judged on the centralized trend,discrete state and significance.Secondly,because the categories of funerary articles account for a large proportion of variables,the statistical analysis software SPSS screened out 18 categories of funerary articles with higher significance.Finally,on the basis of obtaining the new variables,use the three clustering methods in statistics to calculate,divide and compare the classification of the tombs in Peijun.However,the burial grade analyzed by the statistical software is only the result of data quantification.It is also necessary to compare the divided burial data with the original qualitative information of the burial.Finally,it is concluded that the burial in Peijun can be divided into four grades.The first level is the vassal and above,the burial jade clothing system,the large scale of the burial chamber,the daily utensils are mostly porcelain or bronze,the architectural pottery and animal pottery figurines,there are gilded chariots and horses,more ivory jade accessories,metal ware,etc;The second level is the rank of the chief guard and the colonel of the rank of two thousand stones.There is no burial jade clothing system.The size of the burial chamber is smaller than that of the first level.There are many kinds of burial objects,such as household utensils,architectural artifacts,animal terracotta figures,and a small number of chariots and horses,jade accessories and celadon ware are also found;The third level is the first level of middle and small nobles or low-level officials in the county.The tombs are of general size,mostly ceramic household utensils,architectural artifacts and animal terracotta figures,and there are a certain number of bronze mirrors,copper belt hooks and other bronze and iron weapons,agricultural implements,etc;The fourth level is common people.The tomb is small in size,and there are few burial objects.It is mainly used for burial of pottery utensils.