Liulige

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A town in Hui Xian, Hunan province, China, where many burials of the Shang and Eastern Chou periods have been excavated. The Shang burials, some containing bronze ritual vessels, belong to the Erligang Phase. Eastern Chou finds date from the 7th-2nd centuries BC, and include one of the largest of Chinese chariot burials - a single pit containing 19 chariots.

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[Liu-li-ko]. A town in Hui Xian, Henan province, China, where many burials of the Shang and Eastern Zhou periods have been excavated. The Shang burials, some containing bronze ritual vessels, belong to the Erligang phase. Eastern Zhou finds at Liulige range in date from the 7th to the 2nd century bc, and include one of the largest of Chinese chariot burials, a single pit containing 19 chariots. Tombs of the same period have been found nearby at Guweicun in Hui Xian and Shanbiaozhen in Ji Xian.

The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied

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