The Grave with Composite Earrings from Quilangshan Burial Ground of Xianbei Period in the Inner Mongolia
The article presents material found in ZQM 20 grave of Qilangshan burial ground excavated in Inner Mongolia autonomous region of PRC in 1995-1996. The dead man was buried stretched on his back with his head to the North in a wooden coffin, placed in a catacomb. The entrance of the catacomb was covered with the stone wall. The grave goods included one pottery vessel, one iron ring, one bronze buckle and two cast bronze earrings with agate and glass bead pendants. The same type of bronze buckle has been found in M 24 burial of Xianbei cemetery at Labudalin together with Wang Mangperiod bronze coins, minted in 7-22 A.D. So Qilangshan burial ground should also be dated to Xianbei time. All Xianbei earrings from Laoheshen and other cemeteries known before were not cast, but made of twisted wire (mostly golden or silver) and lacked bead pendants.