To cooperate with the construction of the Baihetan Hydropower Station on the Jinsha River, Sichuan Province Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology conducted joint archaeological excavations with the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture Museum and other units at the Zhongjialiangzi site from December 2019 to March 2021, during which a total of 287stone coffin burials, earth pit burials, and urn burials from the late Neolithic to the Xia-Shang period were discovered. They can be roughly divided into two stages, the absolute age of the early stage burials is from 4200 to 3600 years ago, with the prevalence of spreading-mouth jars with stamped or incised decorations and wave patterns widely distributed on both sides of the main stream of Jinsha River in the Ningqiao region, which is closely related to the late Neolithic remains in northern Yunnan. The absolute age of the late stage burials is 3600-3300 years ago, with the prevalence of polished plain black pottery jars with small flat-bottom and dish-shaped mouth,which is the first discovery in this area, and is probably related to contemporaneous or later remains in the Anning River Basin, Zhaolu Basin, and other places. The age of Zhongjialiangzi burials is a critical juncture between the Stone Age and the Bronze Age in the middle reaches of the Jinsha River. This excavation comprehensively revealed the overall picture of the cemetery, and the newly discovered combination of artifacts filled the blank in the archaeological and cultural landscape in the middle reaches of the Jinsha River. A clear evolution rule of the burials helps to establish the archaeological and cultural framework of the Ningqiao region from the late Neolithic Age to the Xia-Shang period, and provides important materials for the exploration of the historical and cultural features of this region during the prehistoric times.

2015年11月,四川省文物考古研究院等在对四川渠县礼义城的考古调查中发现了《礼义城图》残片9块,通过对图中各要素的分析,成功将现存残片进行复原性拼合.《礼义城图》直观地刻画了南宋时期渠县礼义城的山形水势、道路房屋、城防设施和大量军事武器等.它不仅是国内发现的第3块宋代城池图碑刻,更是目前所见的唯一一幅描述南宋时期四川地区山城防御体系的城池攻防图.该图展现的是一幅四面围城、多点对战的战争场面,利用多种视角呈现了礼义城的地理空间和历史图景,真实再现了山城防御体系中的攻防场景.

四川平武龙州王氏土司墓葬的M22应为王鉴夫人薛氏之墓,M12-M16的墓主可能为正德七年(1512年)之后的一位品官之墓,而非简报中推测的王玺之父及其夫人之墓.根据墓葬形制、墓内装饰、出土器物清晰的演进规律可分为早、中、晚三期4组,三期分别对应宣德至天顺年间、弘治到正德年间、正德七年(1512年)以后.依据墓葬中随葬器物出土位置和使用功能的不同,可将其区分为寄托了后人不一样情感的生器和祭器.同时,各墓出土券符类别和形制经历了三期的变化,从延续元代风格的第一期到发展高峰期的第二期再到逐渐简化的第三期,揭示了该地受道教灵宝派的影响较大.更重要的是土司家族普遍采用汉式的丧葬习俗是土司首领主动选择的结果,体现出了汉文化强大的向心力.

四川地区已发掘的明代品官墓葬有平武王祥墓、王玺墓、王鉴墓、王文渊墓,内江刘龙谷墓、阴武卿墓,剑阁赵炳然墓,宜宾郭成墓、周洪谟墓等9座墓葬.这些墓葬具有独特的墓葬形制与装饰风格,在继承本地南宋石室墓传统的基础上又受到了外来因素的影响,对我们研究明代中小型墓葬和丧葬习俗具有重要意义.

2010年,四川省文物考古研究院和日本九州大学等单位联合对雅砻江雅江段进行了广泛的考古调查,调查共发现9处石棺葬墓地,并对雅江县呷拉乡本家地石棺葬墓地进行了考古发掘,共清理灰坑4个、房址3座、墓葬1座。本次调查和发掘对了解雅砻江中游地区的石棺葬提供了重要资料。