Bronze Age ruins excavated in Xinjiang   

新疆首次發(fā)現(xiàn)青銅時代早期遺址與墓地

記者5日從新疆文物部門獲悉，新疆溫泉縣阿敦喬魯遺址與墓地是新疆地區(qū)首次發(fā)現(xiàn)的青銅時代早期遺址與墓地。考古人員分析，這里可能是博爾塔拉河流域甚至更大范圍內(nèi)具有中心性質(zhì)的祭祀或舉行重要儀式活動場所。

Urumqi (CNS) -- Ruins and tombs from the early Bronze Age (about 1800 B.C. in China) have been unearthed in northwest China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, the local cultural relic authority said on Tuesday.

The ruins of three buildings and nine slabstone tombs were excavated in Adunqiaolu, 41 kilometers west of Wenquan County. Pottery, artifacts, bronzeware and gold earrings were also found.

Survey and mapping of the site started in 2010 and trial excavation was launched in 2011. Archaeologists dug out the ruins and tombs from June to September 2012.

Along with its cemetery, Adunqiaolu is bigger and more integrated than other sites, said an expert, who added that further work will enhance studies of the Bronze Age in Xinjiang and Central Asia.