Archaeologists from Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeol- ogy and others excavated Liandi site of the Song Dynasty in May l992 and found an tomb yielding more than 200 pieces of coin. This brief report introduces the discovery and puts the tomb into middle Song Dynasty.
In July 1994, the Office of Central Hydraulic Control Adminstration of Huanghe Xiaolangdi recovered an ancient tomb during a construction project in the vicinity of Liaowu village, Jiyuan township. The tomb yielded several dozens cultural relic’s. Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology acquired this assemblage that included ceramics, iron swords and bronze coins. The most outstanding artifacts are the galzed pottery vessels beating delicate decorative patterns. According to the style of ceramics and bronze coinage, the tomb is dated to mid - western Han.
In199O, in the excavation of the Lutaigang site in Qixian county, Henan province, a ceramic vessel of the tongshan culture called yu with a post in the ndddle was found. The yuvessel was popular in the Shang-Zhou period. This paper, based on typological studies and ethnological materials, argues that the vessel is not a common container, a lid, a cooker or a lantern, but an insectproof vessel by employing water surmunding the post in the container. It is believed that this kind of vessel can be traced back to the tongshan period.
