A preliminary research on the burials of the Mongol Khanate period and Yuan Dynasty in northern area

Abstract

Abstract Based on the periodization and zoning of the burials of the Mongol Khanate period and the Yuan Dynasty and referring to the textual materials of the stone tablets and epitaphs and the different funeral customs, this paper classified these burials into the burials of the Mongol people, the burials of the “Mongolized” people, the burials of the “Semu ren (Miscellaneous aliens)” and that of the Han people, and preliminarily summarized the features of the funeral customs of the tombs of the Mongol people, provided references for identifying the tombs of the Mongol Khanate period and the Yuan Dynasty without inscriptions.