Fig 1.
Location of Ji’erzankale Necropolis.
The red triangle represents the Ji’erzankale Necropolis site.
Fig 2.
Photograph of Ji’erzankale Necropolis.
Tombs were surrounded by stone circles and a large area of black and white stones was laid on the surface.
Table 1.
Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dates from the Ji’erzankale Necropolis.
Fig 3.
Photographs of wooden objects from Ji’erzankale Necropolis.
(a)Top view of fire altar; (b) Front view of fire altar; (c) Arrow shaft; (d) Hearth board and hand drill; (e) Hand drill; (f) Hearth board; (g) Top view of wooden plate; (h) Top view of shoo konghou.
Table 2.
The use and species of wood found in Ji’erzankale Necropolis.
Fig 4.
Microphotographs of archaeological wood from Ji’erzankale Necropolis.
(a) Sabina, transverse section; (b) Sabina, radial section; (c) Populus, transverse section; (d) Populus, radial section; (e) Betula, transverse section; (f) Betula, radial section; (g) Salix, transverse section; (h) Salix, radial section; (i) Lonicera, transverse section; (j) Lonicera, radial section; (k) Elaeagnus angustifolia, transverse section; (l) Fraxinus syriaca, transverse section.
Fig 5.
Percentage of different wood species from Ji’erzankale Necropolis.
Betula sp. is the most species with percentage of 40%, while Populus sp. (21%), Salix sp. (11%), Lonicera sp. (11%), unidentified (7%), Sabine sp. (6%), Fraxinus syriaca (3%), Elaeagnus angustifol (1%).