English: Tomb M331 at Hsiao-t'un is located slightly to the north of the center of the area between pounded earth Foundation ping-5 and Foundation ping-6. The tomb lies side by side with burial M362 and intrudes into an even larger pounded earth platform foundation. The tomb chamber measures 3.1m north-south by 2.15m east-west and has a central waist pit. Traces of wooden coffin timbers and mottled soil seen during excavations suggest that the tomb contained inner and outer coffins that were painted with red lacquer. In addition to the main occupant of the tomb found in the inner coffin, five sacrificial human victims were found between the inner and outer coffins, two on the east side and three on the west side. Two sacrificed dogs were also found, one in the waist pit and the other in the upper layers of rammed earth.