Table 1 Detailed description of the Yutu Hill burial complex at the Xunyang city site

From: Sourcing celadons with EDXRF and LA-ICP-MS from the Xunyang city burial complex, 202 B.C–907 A.D.

Tomb No.

Date

Evidence

M1

Eastern Han (25–220 A.D)

Contemporaneous coinage

M2

Western Han (202 B.C–8 A.D)

Contemporaneous artefacts and coinage

M3

Eastern Han (25–220 A.D)

Contemporaneous coinage

M4

Six Dynasties (222–589 A.D)

Distinctive Burial Formation

M5

Eastern Han (25–220 A.D)

Contemporaneous coinage

M6

Eastern Han (25–220 A.D)

Similar burial formation to M1

M7

Western Han (202 B.C–8 A.D)

Contemporaneous artefacts and coinage

M8

Western Han (202 B.C–8 A.D)

Contemporaneous artefacts and coinage

M9

Six Dynasties (222–589 A.D)

Contemporaneous artefacts and coinage

M10

Western Han (202 B.C–8 A.D)

Contemporaneous artefacts and coinage

M11

Tang dynasty (618–907 A.D)

Distinctive Burial Formation

M12

Tang dynasty (618–907 A.D)

Distinctive Burial Formation

M13

Unknown (Empty)

 

M14

Western Han (202 B.C–8 A.D)

Contemporaneous artefacts and coinage

M15

Sui dynasty

Distinctive Burial Formation

M16

Yuan dynasty (1271–1368 A.D)

Contemporaneous artefacts and coinage

M17

Eastern Han (25–220 A.D)

Similar burial formation to M1

M18

Eastern Han (25–220 A.D)

Contemporaneous artefacts and coinage

M19

Six Dynasties (222–589 A.D)

Similar burial formation to M9

M20

Western Han (202 B.C–8 A.D)

Contemporaneous artefacts and coinage

M21

Eastern Han (25–220 A.D)

Similar burial formation to M1

M22

Eastern Han (25–220 A.D)

Similar burial formation to M1

M23

Western Han (202 B.C–8 A.D)

Contemporaneous artefacts and coinage