mondjuk ezt az utóbbit kínai típusú betűjeleknek veszik

Xigouban M2, from analysis of the Chinese characters inscribed on gold plaques (Xi M2 : 26, 27)
 (Plate 12) and silver passants (Xi M2 : 13-19) (Plate 13), which provide a date of no earlier than 300-221 B.C.; Xigouban M4-12, whose Early or Mid Western Han date was determined by the presence of Han-style carved stone pieces (Xi M4 : 21-25) and the analysis of the Chinese characters inscribed on pottery jars (Xi MIO : 2, M12 :

viszont a tanulmány megemlíti a tudomány/régészet félreértelmezését, hamisítását is

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...However, the presence of Xiongnu-type objects, even
 combined with nomad burial ritual and material culture, is not
 enough to provide a Xiongnu attribution for certain sites. For in-
 stance, the site of Yuhuangmiao, in Yanqing County, Beijing Dis-
 trict,28 attributed to the Shanrong, includes the sacrific horses,
as well as sheep, cattle and dogs. Animals are represented
 in the graves by the skull, including at times portions of the upper
 spine, and the thigh bone. Burial goods include horse-gear and
 nomad-type ornaments and weaponry. The site's shortswords are
 of Xiongnu type29. (Plate 5) Burial structures include rectangular
 pit graves, often with shelves (Plate 6), oriented to the east, and
 cist graves.
...
 I have proposed that both sites be attributed to groups of Xiongnu,
influenced by as yet unidentifiable non-Xiongnu cultures.44
It must be remembered, however, that the presence of
 Xiongnu or Xiongnu-type objects does not necessarily prove a
 Xiongnu attribution.