Jumbulak Cum

Dschumbulak Kum ( Chinese  圆 沙 古城 , Pinyin Yuánshā gǔchéng ) is an ancient site in the oasis of Keriya near Hotan in Xinjiang in the west of the People's Republic of China . In Dschumkulak-Kum excavations were undertaken by Chinese and French archaeologists in the 1990s. A settlement came from the middle of the 1st millennium BC. BC, which had an extension of 10 hectares and was fortified with a mud brick wall. In the area, millet and, to a lesser extent, barley and wheat were grown by means of artificial irrigation. In addition, livestock was also practiced, with sheep and goats playing the main role. In the vicinity of the settlement there were several necropolises in which the dead were buried with their legs drawn up in tree coffins or receptacles made of reed. Due to the drought, organic finds and the dead themselves were well preserved, so that the finds from Jumbulak Kum are of particular importance for archeology.

The site has been on the List of Monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-130) since 2001 .

literature

• C. Debaine-Francfort, A. Idriss: Keriya, mémoires d'un fleuve. Archéologie et civilations des oasis du Taklamakan. Paris 2000 ISBN 2868050948

Coordinates: 36 ° 57 ′ 50.9 ″  N , 81 ° 15 ′ 27.7 ″  E