Suzhou: For more than 6,700 years ago, Jiangnan's prehistoric culture is newly discovered

Archaeological relics and historical relics

It is a testimony of the history of human activity

Recently, research on unearthed cultural relics in Suzhou

A major news came again

History of Human Activity in Suzhou Changshu District

Pushed forward 1200 years

Peking University Appraisal: More than 6700 years ago!

History of Changshu Human Activities Refresh!

recently

Peking University Archaeological Board Institute

Science and technology archeological laboratory issued

A carbon fourteen test report

In the soil sample of Heli Village, Meili Town, Changshu City

There are relics during the Majiabang Cultural Period

More than 6700 years away

The latest identification results

History of human activities in Changshu area

Push for more than 1200 years

This is not only rewritten

History of human activities in Changshu area

For the study of the region and the entire Yangtze River

The origin and evolution of civilization

They all have very important archeological significance

Hecun site

In July 2020, archaeologists found the site of Hecun in Changshu Mei Li. After excavation, the archeological team excavated the area of ​​the site of 600 square meters, and the overall cultural accumulation layer was about 0.9 to 2 meters. There have been 10 cultural layers from the Majiabang Culture period to modern times at the scene. The 1 to 5 floors are the cultural layers of modern, Qing Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Song Dynasty, and Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Essence

Majiabang Culture is the early cultural representative of the new stone era in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Taihu Basin. It is named after 7000 to 5800 due to the Majiaxu Village of Tianbaqiao Village, Nanhu Township, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang. Earlier, the oldest primitive social site found in Changshu was the Songze Cultural Site of Qianxianxiang, Xieqiao Xinsuang Village. So far, it is more than 5,500 years.

At the site of Hecun, archeologists discovered 37 tombs, 44 gray pits, 8 ditch, and 3 water wells. Among them, 34 tombs, 36 gray pit, 3 ditch, and 2 water wells.

During the excavation of the tomb, more than 100 items (groups) such as soil, jade, porcelain, pottery, and horns were produced, mainly pottery and stone in the Majiabang cultural period.

It is worth mentioning that

Among many unearthed cultural relics

There is a well -preserved pot container

Red pottery

This container is

The more representative utensils in Majiabang culture

It was mainly used to cook food at the time

Claundry is easy to obtain

Make simple thermal conductivity

Similar to modern rice cookers

Thousands of years!

This is Jiangnan's prehistoric culture ruler!

Not only the Heamura site

Located in Suzhou Industrial Park

Grass Shoes Mountain Archaeological Site Park

The initial construction of the core area of ​​the first phase of development is completed

Covering an area of ​​about 40,000 square meters

It also opened a "door to time and space" for us

Archaeological straw shoe mountain

Grass shoes mountain site was discovered in 1956. It is a well -known new stone artifan cultural site in the country. Since archeological excavation, it is famous for its "four most":

★ It is the most complete site of cultural development sequences found in the Jiangnan area so far, and is called "Jiangnan History Cultural Rules" by the archeological community. The cultural layer has accumulated up to 11 meters, with a total of 10 levels. From the bottom up, it is Majiabang Culture, Songze Culture, and Liangzhu Culture. The cultural layer is continuously overlapped.

★ The first time in the prehistoric tomb was unearthed in the prehistoric tomb, known as "China's No. 1 Jade". The original general cognition of the age of jade and social grades was broken.

★ The earliest ancient rice fields with an artificial irrigation system were found, which is the most direct example of the origin of rice culture.

★ The earliest discovery of Ge Textiles is an important symbol of the ancestors to civilization.

In September 2021, the preliminary evaluation of the "Hundred Years of Archaeological Discovery" selection and promotion activities sponsored by the National Cultural Relics Bureau and sponsored by the Chinese Archaeological Society was announced. Final evaluation.

Editor in charge: Wang Hao

Source: Published in Suzhou

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