burial artifacts
Interment accompaniment items
Burial artifacts are objects placed with the dead in graves or tombs—pottery, jewelry, weapons, tools, or other items intended to accompany the deceased into the afterlife or honor their memory.
Archaeologists study burial artifacts to understand ancient cultures, beliefs about death, and social hierarchies: The burial artifacts suggested she was a person of high status.
- potteryFired clay objects
- maskFace-worn concealment
- jewelryOrnamental personal accessories
- grave goodsItems interred with corpses
- death maskMold of deceased's face
golden mask · imperial seals · weaponry · coin · nephrite · ceramics · funeral urn · sarcophagus · metals · jadeite · terra cotta warriors · ritual objects · bone tools · stone tools · canopic jars · tomb painting · casket · shroud
burial artifactseveryday objects
Ordinary things encountered routinely
household goods · personal effects · consumer goods · tools of the trade
burial artifactswedding gifts
Items given to newlyweds
public monuments · museum displays · decorative objects · heirlooms · ceremonial regalia