A group of Chinese archeologists recently discovered five golden ornaments which are shaped like a cat’s paw. They were unearthed from a Beibai’e cemetery in the northwestern Shanxi province, which is 2,700 years old. As claimed by Sixth Tone, the paw-shaped trinkets were found on the waist of a buried nobleman.
The team of archeologists was headed by Yang Jiyun. According to him, these golden ornaments were found in Tomb No. 1. They are still in the stage of cultural relic sorting. ChinaNews states that these cat-paw-shaped and flake-shaped sets of ornaments should be accessories worn on the body.
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Being part of the Beibai (ge) site, the Beibai’e Cemetery is located in the east of Beibai’e Village, Yingyan Township, Yuanqu County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province. At the start of 2020, a number of archeological investigations were carried out on this site. Based on them, archeologists could arrive at the conclusion that this group of tombs belonged to some high-ranking nobles in ancient China.
The Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology reported to the State Administration of Cultural Relics to apply for rescue archeological excavations, in February 2020.
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In February last year, the State Administration of Cultural Relics received a report from the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, applying for rescue archeological excavations. In March 2020, the institute succeeded in obtaining an archeological license. After that, the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Yuncheng Cultural Relics Bureau, and Yuanqu Cultural Relics Bureau came together to form the Beibai Goose. Rescue excavations at the cemetery were conducted by the archeological team at the cemetery.
The field excavations went on for a period of 8 months, starting in April and ending in December. An area of 1,200 square meters was excavated. Also, 9 tombs and 17 ash pits were investigated and cleared.
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According to the observations made from this excavation, tombs are distributed in this cemetery in a relatively sparse manner. Large and medium-sized tombs with an area of 10 to 31 square meters and a depth of 4 to 12 meters were found in the cemetery.
This archeological excavation bought in lots of rewards, including over 500 sets of a variety of cultural relics. These included bronze, jade, stone, pottery, and also lacquered wood and bones.
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