DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15625301
title: APPENDIX 1 in Funerary animals in the Liangzhou area (Northwest China) during the Han Dynasty

description: APPENDIX 1. — Statistical table of animal remains unearthed in Liangzhou area during the Han Dynasty.
Tomb nameLocationPeriodSpecies and QuantityReferencesHeishuiguo M5Zhangye,GansuWang Mang – Early Eastern Han DynastyFour chicken bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M6Zhangye,GansuLate Western Han Dynasty36 chicken bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M10Zhangye,GansuLate Western Han Dynasty99 sheep bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M14Zhangye,GansuHan Dynasty12 chicken bones; one horse boneGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M15Zhangye,GansuLate Western Han Dynasty43 chicken bones; 16 baby pig bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M16Zhangye,GansuLater Mid-Western Han Dynasty10 chicken bones; 35 sheep bones; six baby pig bones; 19 pig bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M18Zhangye,GansuLate Western Han Dynasty79 chicken bones; 21 baby pig bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M19Zhangye,GansuLate Western Han DynastyOne chicken boneGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M23Zhangye,GansuLater Mid-Western Han Dynasty38 chicken bones; 26 baby pig bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M24Zhangye,GansuWang Mang – Early Eastern Han Dynasty35 chicken bones (in the fill)Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M25Zhangye,GansuLater Mid-Western Han Dynasty11 baby pig bones; 10 pig bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M28Zhangye,GansuLate Western Han Dynasty27 chicken bones; 21 baby pig bones; two pig bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M30Zhangye,GansuLate Western Han Dynasty44 chicken bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M32Zhangye,GansuWang Mang – Early Eastern Han DynastyOne chicken bone; four sheep bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M33Zhangye,GansuLate Western Han DynastyAnimal bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M36Zhangye,GansuHan DynastyTwo chicken bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M40Zhangye,GansuLate Western Han DynastyAnimal bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M48Zhangye,GansuLate Western Han Dynasty to the Early Eastern Han DynastyEight chicken bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M54Zhangye,GansuLate Western Han Dynasty34 baby pig bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M55Zhangye,GansuLater Mid-Western Han Dynasty71 cattle bones; 18 chicken bones; 17 baby pig bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M57Zhangye,GansuLater Mid-Western Han DynastyNine dog bones; 21 cattle bones; 109 chicken bones; 42 baby pig bones; one pig boneGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M58Zhangye,GansuWang Mang - Early Eastern Han DynastyThree baby pig bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M59Zhangye,GansuLater Mid-Western Han DynastyAnimal bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M79Zhangye,GansuWang Mang – Early Eastern Han DynastyAnimal bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M89Zhangye,GansuLate Western Han Dynasty33 chicken bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M101Zhangye,GansuEarly Eastern Han DynastyOne large bird’s beak bone; 14 chicken bones; two baby pig bones; one human boneGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M106Zhangye,GansuWang Mang – Early Eastern Han DynastyAnimal bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Heishuiguo M115Zhangye,GansuWang Mang – Early Eastern Han DynastyOne chicken bone; 13 baby pig bonesGansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 2019Xiaheqing M1Jiuquan, GansuEastern Han DynastyOne limestone pigGansu Provincial Cultural Relics Management Committee 1959Xiaheqing M8Jiuquan, GansuEastern Han DynastyOne pottery dog; two pottery pigeonsNi 1960Xiaheqing M17Jiuquan, GansuEastern Han DynastyOne talc pig; one talc cicada; one talc bearNi 1960Xiaheqing M18Jiuquan, GansuEastern Han DynastyOne bronze xiezhiGansu Provincial Cultural Relics Management Committee 1959Wenshu Town M1Jiayuguan, GansuFrom the Late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin DynastiesOne bronze xiezhiYu & Wang 2014Luotuocheng M8Zhangye, GansuThe middle and late periods of the Eastern Han DynastyOne wooden horse; two wooden cattleZhang et al. 2006Linzehuayin M1Zhangye, GansuThe early period of the Eastern Han DynastySix wooden horses; five wooden oxenWang et al. 2023Shuiquanzi M5Jinchang, GansuThe middle and late periods of the Western Han DynastyOne wooden horse; two wooden cattleWang et al. 2017Shuiquanzi M8Jinchang, GansuThe middle and late periods of the Western Han DynastyTwo wooden horsesWang et al. 2017Shuiquanzi M12Jinchang, GansuThe middle and late periods of the Western Han DynastyOne wooden dogWang et al. 2017Shuiquanzi M14Jinchang, GansuThe middle and late periods of the Western Han DynastyTwo wooden horses; one wooden cattleWang et al. 2017JiazidunZhangye, GansuHan DynastyWooden horses and wooden cattle (unspecified quantity)https://urlr.me/kCBGxd, last consultation on 29 April 2025Mozuizi (1956 excavation)Wuwei, GansuThe early to middle periods of the Eastern Han DynastyTwo wooden horses; two wooden chickens; one wooden beast; two wooden monkeysDang 1958Mozuizi (1959) excavation)Wuwei, GansuThe late period of the Eastern Han DynastyNine wooden horses; eighteen wooden chickens; six wooden dogs; ten wooden sheep; seven wooden unicornsGansu Provincial Museum 1960Mozuizi (1960 Excavation)Wuwei, GansuHan DynastyNine wooden horses; eighteen wooden chickens; six wooden dogs; ten wooden sheep; seven wooden unicornsChen 1960Mozuizi (excavation of M48 in 1972)Wuwei, GansuThe late period of the Western Han DynastyEleven wooden horses; two wooden chicken; one wooden sheepGansu Provincial Museum 1972Mozuizi (excavation of M49 in 1972)Wuwei, GansuThe middle period of the Eastern Han DynastyOne wooden unicorn; one wooden horse; one wooden cattle; one wooden dog; one wooden chickenGansu Provincial Museum 1972Mozuizi (excavation of M3 in 2003)Wuwei, GansuBefore and After the Xin DynastyTwo wooden birdsWang et al. 2012Mozuizi (excavation of M6 in 2003)Wuwei, GansuBefore and After the Xin DynastyOne wooden chicken; one wooden dog; one wooden horse; one wooden unicorn; two wooden cattleWang et al. 2012Mozuizi (excavation of M25 in 2003)Wuwei, GansuEastern Han DynastyOne wooden unicorn; one wooden horse; a set of eight including dogs, chickens, ducks, etc.Zhao 2005Mozuizi (2005 Excavation)Wuwei, GansuThe Late Western Han Dynasty to the Early Eastern Han DynastyNine wooden horses; two wooden cattle; two wooden chickensZhu et al. 2011Beiyuan (1983 Excavation)Guyuan, NingxiaThe Late Western Han Dynasty to the Early Eastern Han DynastyOne pottery dog; two pottery chickensGuyuan Museum of Ningxia 1995ZhaojiapingDingxi, GansuHan DynastyAnimal bonesChinese Archaeological Society 2023LijiayuelouPingliang, GansuHan DynastyCattle figurinesChinese Archaeological Society 2024
description: Published as part of Pei, Yilin & Ren, Lele, 2025, Funerary animals in the Liangzhou area (Northwest China) during the Han Dynasty, pp. 80-83 in Anthropozoologica 60 (6) on page 80, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2025v60a6, http://zenodo.org/record/15533516