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  12. The Burial of Po Jen.
For details, see Plate Ia.

  Concerning these records, attention should be called to the following points: (1) The dead was originally buried in a coffin; but it had been completely decayed at the time of our digging. (2) The flood layer above the burial must have been formed after the burial; it is much more homogeneous and shows no sign of disturbance as all the other layers both above and below do. (3) The heterogeneous appearances of the yellow and black deposit in the same layer above the flood deposit owe their origin to later disturbances. (4) More artifacts are uncovered from the black soil, indicating that it must be the original medium of these deposits. Let us compare these records with the digging notes of the Trench La.13c(B2nBn) taken by the author.

  1. 0.00-0.40m.
A net-weight is found in this layer; there is nothing else.
  2. 0.40-0.87m.
Yellowish black soil, one fragment of stone knife; no other thing.
  3. 0.87-1.40m.
Brownish soil; nothing found.
  4. 1.40-1.85m.
Soil still brownish, very hard; some slags, one shell, nothing else.
  5. 1.85-2.10m.
Black soil gradually appears, very hard; few potshards, one piece of sand stone incised with decoration.
  6. 2.10-2.40m.
Hard black soil, at the southwestern corner mixed with flood sand; many pieces of burned earths and some slags.