中国史前墓葬最早见于旧石器时代晚期的山顶洞遗址,在山顶洞的下窨发现了有穿孔兽牙、石珠、石坠、海蚶壳、赤铁矿等随葬品的3具完整的人头骨以及部分躯干骨。随后则在新石器时代早期的东胡林遗址发现有墓地,2003年,在此发掘出土了一座保存完好的墓葬。而20世纪60年代,在那里发现的3具人骨可能还佩带了贝壳穿制的项链。但这些早期墓葬的资料还不是很多,还不能使我们对当时的埋葬制度有 The earliest Chinese prehistoric tombs were found in the site of the Peak Cave in the late Paleolithic. Three intact human skulls, including perforated beasts, stone beads, stone pendants, sea shells and hematite, were found beneath the cave. Trunk bone. Later, a cemetery was discovered at the site of the East Huanhulin in the early Neolithic period. In 2003, a well-preserved tombs were unearthed. In the 1960s, three human bones found there were probably wearing shell necklaces. However, there is not much information about these early tombs, which still can not make us think about the burial system at that time