5,200-year-old stone carving chrysalis found in north China
Xinhua, July 19, 2022
Archaeologists found a stone carving chrysalis dating back to at least 5,200 years ago in north China's Shanxi Province last month, according to the provincial archaeology research institute.
The stone carving chrysalis, which is 2.8 cm long with the maximum abdominal diameter measuring 1.2 cm, was found in a semi-crypt house at the Shangguo Site in Wenxi County in the city of Yuncheng.
Based on the unearthed pottery pieces, archaeologists speculated that this house belongs to the early stage of the late Yangshao Culture period, about 5,200 years ago.
The Yangshao Culture, dating back 5,000 to 7,000 years, originated in the middle reaches of the Yellow River and is considered an important stream of Chinese civilization.
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The Wenxi Shangguo Site in Shanxi has been identified as having two periods to help the study of Jin culture
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Original title: Shanxi Wenxi Shangguo Site has been confirmed to have two periods to help Jin culture research
H50 unearthed stone silkworm chrysalis.Photo by Wang Tao
China News Service, Taiyuan, July 16 (Yang Peipei and Hu Jian) The Wenxi Shangguo site in Shanxi released the latest archaeological results on the 16th. The site unearthed stone carvings of silkworm chrysalis from the Yangshao period and pottery models in the early Spring and Autumn Period. The excavation further confirmed that the Shangguo site has two main periods, namely the middle and late Yangshao period and the late Western Zhou period to the Spring and Autumn period.
Shangguo Ancient City and Qiujiazhuang Tombs are located in the southeast of Wenxi County, Shanxi Province, with the Sushui River in the west. In May 2006, the State Council of China announced the “Shangguo City Site and Qiujiazhuang Tomb Group” as the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. The archaeological work that has been carried out since 2018 is of great significance to the in-depth study of Jin culture.
The excavation site in 2022 is selected to be adjacent to the west and north of the exploration in 2021. The excavation covers an area of 500 square meters. Various relics have been found, including 2 ash ditch, 56 ash pits (including 7 house sites in the Yangshao era), 2 stove sites, 1044 pottery models, 183 pottery ware, 14 jade ware, 157 stone tools, 123 bone tools, 4 small copper ware, 7 copper slag, 46 shellfish, 2 iron ware, 4 egg shells, and 1 fruit stone unearthed. 1585 pieces.
Among them, H50 is bag-shaped. Judging from the pottery pieces such as the red pottery and sand pots with piled patterns on the outside of the unearthed mouth, the white-robed pottery bowls, and the basket-shaped pointed bottom bottle belly pieces, they belong to the early stage of the late Yangshao period, about 5,200 years ago. The pit is divided into four layers, and a stone-carved silkworm chrysalis was unearthed in the first layer.
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