Suzhou discovered a large -scale site to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, filling the blank blank of the source of the Suzhou civilization

On September 6, the domestic archaeological elites gathered in the ancient city of Suzhou to hold an expert demonstration meeting of the Tangbei site. At this meeting, he disclosed a heavy archeological discovery in Suzhou that a large site from Shinkishi to the Ming and Qing Dynasties was found in Wuzhong District. This site is named after the Tangbei site, which includes a total of 630 ruins and more than 700 cultural relics, especially the clear cultural accumulation of the six periods of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Han, Spring and Autumn, Maqiao, Liangzhu, and Songze. For The gap that fills the sources of civilization in Suzhou has great value.

On September 7, the reporter contacted Wang Xia, who was responsible for the excavation leader and the Suzhou Archaeological Research Institute. She unveiled the mysterious veil of the Tangbei site to us.

From the wasteland to the site: the beginning and end of the archeology of the Tangbei site

Before understanding how the Tangbei site was discovered, we must first know what is called "archeological prefix". This concept is "archeological first, then transfer", and the work of archeological survey is prefined to the land reserve stage. There is such an open space about 550 meters away from Dushu Lake in Wuzhong District, Suzhou. "This land was originally prepared to transfer it to build a resettlement house. In the process, we found such a site, and then we applied to the State Administration of Cultural Relics to discover. "

From March to the end of July, the archaeological staff of the Suzhou Archaeological Institute began to conduct archeological work on the land under the leadership of the leader Wang Xia. "When I first took over, it was a wasteland, and there were two or three meters thick. The construction waste, the land condition is relatively bad. "Wang Xia introduced that after the dregs removing the slag layer and then continued to dig down, the ten cultural layers of the six periods were displayed in front of the archeological team. The site accumulation is quite abundant, and the complete strata sequences of Songze, Liangzhu, and Maqiao have been preserved, and there are important cultural relics. It can be called an important archeological discovery in Jiangsu in recent years.

What kind of life did the ancestors live thousands of years ago?

When talking about the unearthed cultural relics of this archeology, Wang Xia said that what impressed him was particularly deeply the four more complete painted pots unearthed in the water well during the Songze period. It has been found in the area, and the shape of the shape is very similar. It shows that the cultural appearance was basically similar during that period, and during this period, there were more people lived. "This time The relics of human life, "For example, ash pit, there will be a lot of humans abandoned things. We found a lot of gray pits, and such a large number shows that human activities here were quite active at that time."

Part of the Tao Ding combination unearthed from Liangzhu Tomb

However, we can't judge the overall activities and living environment of human society during this period through relics such as gray pit. Wang Xia said that it is necessary to study the entire settlement and need more relics as research support, including houses, cemeteries and other aspects. A comprehensive judgment, "But this site is already a major discovery for Suzhou. We can analyze the types of types of utensils unearthed in the gray pit, which is also conducive to the development of subsequent research."

Printing hard pottery pot (horse bridge)

In this archeology, a total of eight tombs were found, one of which was early in Liangzhu, and the other seven were in the late Songze, which was closer in time. "The difference between the burials of these tombs is still relatively large. Take the late tombs of Songze as an example. Some tombs are only one pottery tank, some have eight pottery, and there is one tomb. Five small small jade articles. "Wang Xia introduced that the difference between the number and value of the tombs can show the difference between the wealth and status of the tomb owner, which also means that during this period, some basic class distinctions have appeared.

Liangzhu tomb unearthed jade decoration combination

In addition, there is also interesting in this archeology. Archaeological players have discovered a "broad bean". "If this is really broad beans, the history can really be rewritten." Because the current archeological discovery of broad beans is the Han Dynasty in the Han Dynasty, Those who were introduced to China, for this reason, Wang Xia specially asked someone to bring this "broad bean" to Beijing. The plant experts were asked to make an appraisal. Finally, it was confirmed that this was the teeth of the herring. There are more than one meter, which is also amazing. "

Live teeth resembling broad beans

Filtering research gap: Why is the Tangbei site meaningful

"There are still many distribution of Suzhou Liangzhu Culture, but Maqiao Culture has always had only some sporadic discoveries. Provided rich and powerful material support. "Wang Xia said that this batch of rich Maqiao cultural relics played an important role in the traceability of Suzhou civilization.

Copper

At the same time, the rich Songze culture and Liangzhu cultural relics in the Tangbei site are also surprising. The reason why the Tangbei site is of great significance in archeology is that these rich relics are for us to study humans in the Taihu area in the early days of the Taihu area. The settlement of the settlement provides an important basis. "The Tangbei site has the early cultural relics from Songze to the early Liangzhu. This stage is a critical period for the formation of civilization." Wang Xia said that around 4,000 AD, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River entered Song Song culture into Song Song. Ze Culture, this is an important time node. The change of settlement and the formation of unified faith occurred in the stage from Song Ze to Liangzhu. The Tangbei site is important for the historical context of the origin, development and formation of civilization in Suzhou, significance.

According to reports, a large number of unearthed cultural relics are currently disconnected and sorted out in detail. In the future, there will be a chance to do further archeological surveys.Yangtze Evening News | Zi Niu Journalist Shen Zhao

Edit: Qin Xiaoyi

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