Finding Han Hepu Beneath the Ground
Walls, wells, production remains and tombs reveal how archaeologists reconstruct Hepu’s Han-era maritime world from evidence that survives in different forms.
Hepu Han Heritage
Hepu County belongs to Beihai, but its Han archaeological landscape is not interchangeable with Beihai’s later merchant streets. This is a thematic place grouping for the museum and archaeological story, not a claim that every excavation is open to visitors or that particular objects are on permanent display.
Hepu Han Heritage
Hepu Han Beads: Materials, Making and Exchange
Scientific study of Hepu’s Han tomb beads traces varied materials and skilled making while leaving individual routes uncertain.
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Han-period gemstone beads from Hepu, shown in Figure 1 of Zheng and Guo (2025). The authors’ material labels follow Xiong (2015); this labeled research image is not a map of the beads’ individual journeys. Photograph date unconfirmed.Yanyan Zheng and Guikun Guo, Arts 14(6),147, Figure 1 / CC BY 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized and converted to WebP; full composition retained.
