US EditionUncovering Mysteries of Ancient Boat Burials in Modern China’s Xinjiang Region
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Uncovering mysteries of ancient boat burials in modern China’s Xinjiang region
An artistic conceptualisation of the mirror world of Xiaohe (Illustration by Anja Schorneck). Credit: Asian Archaeology (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s41826-025-00105-2 A new study sheds light on unusual funerary practices of the Bronze Age Xiaohe culture which lived in what is today the Xinjiang region of China. Xiaohe burials included boat-shaped coffins, cattle remains, and grave markers resembling paddles and mooring posts. These funerary practices a…
If there is an element that defines the Xiaohe culture of the Bronze Age are its distinctive funeral practices. About 3,500 years ago, in the hyperarid environment of the Taklamakan desert, in the Tarim basin (present-day Xinjiang, China), this society decided to bury its dead in coffins shaped like boats and tombstones that resemble oars and mooring poles.Keep reading...
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