Many details of the interior and exterior of the coffins--for instance, the direction that the coffin was laid, the funerary accessories within it, the manner of burial, or the burial tools--can all bear witness to the ancient people's society and rituals.
而石棺裡外的種種，像是石棺排列的方向、石棺內陪葬品為何、埋葬的方式、葬具等，都可進一步瞭解遠古人類社會與儀式行為。