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November 10th, 2003, 10:18 AM
Archeologists found a large-scale sacrificial relics site along the Qinghai (http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/province/qinghai.html)-Tibet (http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/province/tibet.html) railway in Nagqu County in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Covering an area of 260 square meters, the site consists of four square stone piles facing a nearby "sacred" mountain traditionally revered by local Tibetans.
It was the first time that a red pottery pot was found buried in each of the piles with marks of fire and smoke at the bottom and skulls of various animals were found circling the pottery pots including skulls of cattle, sheep and dogs, according to Zhang Jianlin, a researcher with the Shaanxi (http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/province/shaanxi.html) Archeology Research Institute.
Judging by the pottery pots, the relics site belongs to the 7th to the 9th century when the Tubo ethnic group dominated, said Zhang, and the skulls, arranged in a circle, had no lower jaws except some small animals.
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Covering an area of 260 square meters, the site consists of four square stone piles facing a nearby "sacred" mountain traditionally revered by local Tibetans.
It was the first time that a red pottery pot was found buried in each of the piles with marks of fire and smoke at the bottom and skulls of various animals were found circling the pottery pots including skulls of cattle, sheep and dogs, according to Zhang Jianlin, a researcher with the Shaanxi (http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/province/shaanxi.html) Archeology Research Institute.
Judging by the pottery pots, the relics site belongs to the 7th to the 9th century when the Tubo ethnic group dominated, said Zhang, and the skulls, arranged in a circle, had no lower jaws except some small animals.
More:
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200311/10/eng20031110_127993.shtml