忻州窑子墓地位于内蒙古自治区乌兰察布市凉城县永兴镇板城行政村忻州窑子自然村北约1公里处,西距老虎山遗址、毛庆沟墓地仅约3公里(图一)。墓地座落在蛮汗山南麓的一个向阳坡地上,黄土发育丰厚,地势平缓,北高南低,现存面积约2万平方米。西侧有一季节性河流,俗称坝底河,蜿蜒南流,最终注入永兴湖。东、南侧濒临一晚期发育冲沟,自北而南逐渐西折,在墓地南端与坝底河交汇。
In 2003, 69 tombs were excavated in the Xinzhouyaozi cemetery in Liangcheng County, Inner Mongolia, with rich pottery, bronze, bone and stone objects brought to light. The graves are all earthen pits pointing to the north and south and are furnished with head niches, second-tier platforms and animal victims. They go back roughly to the time from the late Spring-and-Autumn to the Warring States period. Judged by the grave goods and the species of the animal victims, the cemetery owners must have been engaged mainly in animal husbandry with farming as a subordinate economy. Anthropological research results suggest that they comprised two populations with north Asian and ancient Central Plains physical features respectively, but their tombs had become identical in cultural content.