Qäwrighul cemetery

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Qäwrighul cemetery is an ancient burial site in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang, China, notable for its well-preserved prehistoric graves associated with the Tarim mummies.

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Qäwrighul cemetery canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ
associatedWith Bronze Age populations of the Tarim Basin ⓘ
Tarim mummies ⓘ
burialType inhumation ⓘ
mummification ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culture prehistoric Tarim Basin cultures ⓘ
environment arid desert climate ⓘ
dry conditions favoring preservation ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFind coffins ⓘ
funerary objects ⓘ
grave goods ⓘ
human remains ⓘ
mummies ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
wooden structures ⓘ
hasFeature above-ground grave markers ⓘ
rows of graves ⓘ
wooden posts or poles ⓘ
heritageStatus important archaeological heritage site in Xinjiang ⓘ
locatedIn People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Tarim Basin ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Xinjiang

northwestern China ⓘ
material leather ⓘ
reed or plant materials ⓘ
wood ⓘ
wool textiles ⓘ
notableFor Tarim mummies ⓘ
well-preserved prehistoric graves ⓘ
partOf Tarim Basin archaeological sites ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
researchField archaeology ⓘ
bioarchaeology ⓘ
physical anthropology ⓘ
significance important evidence for early populations of the Tarim Basin ⓘ
important for study of prehistoric migration in Central Asia ⓘ
timePeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
prehistoric period ⓘ
usedFor burial of the dead ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tarim mummies → foundAt → Qäwrighul cemetery ⓘ