The Jiayintala Chambered Stone Coffin Ancient Tomb Complex

The Jiayintala Chambered Stone Coffin Ancient Tomb Complex

The Jiayintala Chambered Stone Coffin Ancient Tomb Complex is a cultural tourism attraction.

The Jiayintala Chambered Stone Coffin Ancient Tomb Complex

The Jiayintala Chambered Stone Coffin Ancient Tomb Complex is located southeast of the county seat of Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County, with a straight-line distance of 22.5 km

. The Jialintaran ancient tomb complex consists of six sites, comprising 300 tombs covering an area of 12,000 square meters. Due to long-term erosion, the tops of some stone coffin tombs have been eroded away, exposing the stone slabs used to construct the coffins. These slabs are 5–10 cm thick

shale, arranged in square, circular, or hexagonal shapes. Among them, there is one square tomb measuring 3.2 m

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, containing a smaller square tomb inside, measuring 0.85 m

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, with a nearly head-shaped arc directly above it, with a diameter of about 1.8 m

. It is believed that the Jialintaran stone coffin tombs are remnants of the Saka people from the 7th–5th century BCE or the Turkic people from the 6th–8th century CE, with the tomb complex dating back approximately 2,500 years. The Jialintaran stone coffin and cairn tomb complex holds significant archaeological value and serves as an important reference for studying

The ruins may belong to the Saka people of the century or the Turks from the 6th to 8th centuries, with the burial mounds dating back approximately 2,500 years. The Galintaran stone coffin and stone heap burial mounds hold significant archaeological value and are important for the study...

grassland culture.