In 1995, the Hebei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics carried out the first excavation at the Jiangjialiang site. The work covered l, 600 sq m and resulted in the discovery of nine house-foundations and 78 tombs. The house-foundations are square semi-subterraneans arranged in four rows numbered from north to south. The tombs are divided into two types: rectangular earth shafts and earth caves. The funeral objects are mainly grouped in pen basin and dou stemmed vessel combinations.Most of the dead lie singly in an extended supine position. The house-foundations are largely intruded by tombs. ^14C-dating of the foundation F1 shows a date of 6850 ± 80 BP (uncalibrated). The tombs go back to the late Yangshao culture, closing to the Xueshan I period.
