# Xiaohe cemetery mound, posts and burials

> An artificial sand mound bristling with wooden posts over several layers of boat-shaped coffins.

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**ART** 0D90ECTW40MR·Artifact · object

# Xiaohe cemetery mound, posts and burials

PhotographCC BY-SA 4.0Excavated 2002-2005

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An artificial sand mound bristling with wooden posts over several layers of boat-shaped coffins.

Chunxiang Li et al, 2002. CC BY-SA 4.0

## Copies 6

**Picture** Chunxiang Li et al · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xiaohe_cemetery_(boat_coffins).jpg)

**Photo** Chunxiang Li et al. (Li et al. 2015) · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

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**Photo** Fan Zhang et al. (Zhang et al. 2021) · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

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[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xiaohe_cemetery_(fourth_layer).jpg)

**Photo** Chunxiang Li et al. (Li et al. 2015) · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

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## Where it was made

[Xiaohe cemetery (Small River Cemetery No. 5)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D90DXPG04AT/xiaohe-cemetery-small-river-cemetery-no-5) · Cemetery

## Sources 1

- [The Xiaohe Graveyard in Luobupo, Xinjiang](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D90DVR001PZ/the-xiaohe-graveyard-in-luobupo-xinjiang)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Xiaohe cemetery mound, posts and burials [Artifact ART0D90ECTW40MR]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D90ECTW40MR
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Key

**ART** 0D90ECTW40MR

Kind

Object

Held by

in situ and Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Urumqi

Dated

excavated 2002-2005

Licence

CC BY-SA 4.0

Place

[Xiaohe cemetery (Small River Cemetery No. 5)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D90DXPG04AT/xiaohe-cemetery-small-river-cemetery-no-5)

Part of

[Tarim Basin mummies (Xiaohe)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tarim-mummies)

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