Archaeological China released 4 new archaeological discoveries in Henan.

On September 16th, it was learned from the official website of the State Administration of Cultural Relics that the National Cultural Relics Bureau held a press conference to introduce the progress of major projects in "archaeological China". They are the Erlitou site of Yanshi, Henan, and the Shang Cemetery of Shangdu College Street, Zhengzhou, Henan.

Henan Yanshi Erlitou site: unveiled the multi -network format layout of the Erlitou site, providing an important basis for studying the early national metropolitan city system

The Erlitou site is located in Yanshi District, Luoyang City, Henan Province. It is located in the middle of the Luoyang Basin and on the north bank of the Goyilo River. The existing area of ​​the site is 3 million square meters. From 1750 BC to 1530 BC. It is considered to be the capital site of the late Xia Dynasty.

Since 2021, the Erlitou sites have been exposed on both sides of urban roads and roads on both sides of the road, including the doorway on the road on the north side of Miyagi and the west wall of Miyagi. For the remaining meters, it is speculated that there are at least one partition in the west of the known workshop area, palace area, and sacrifice area.

The two miles sites are planned as a variety of square and regular functional areas with roads and walls. In addition to the except the palace area and the workshop area, the wall intervals and protection are used to protect the walls. Each grid should belong to different people in architecture and tombs, indicating that the city of Erli is likely to have a layout of residences, walls outside the district, and residential burial. The rigorous and regular planning layout shows that the social structure is clear, the level is obvious, and the dominant pattern is orderly. It implies that there is a mature and developed rule system and model at that time, which is an important symbol to enter the dynasty country.

In addition, for the first time in the north edge of the site, a richer ceramic relic was found, and the pottery kiln, mud pits, mud, burning, slag, deformation pottery, a large number of fragmented pots, pottery pads, trimming tools, etc., including pottery craftsmanship, including pottery craftsmanship Multiple stages. Nearly 100 square meters of bone and corner processing workshops were found in the south corner of Miyagi, and a large number of bone and keratin relics were unearthed. Some of them had traces of smashing, cutting, and grinding, showing all aspects of bone corner processing. Ceramics and bone angle processing sites are important breakthroughs in the archeology of the two miles of handicrafts. West of the sacrifice area, large -scale two miles of cultural residences were found, and high -standard tombs with copper and jade wares unearthed in the site of the residential site.

Experts believe that the new discovery of the archeological discovery of the Erlitou site further reveals the structural layout of the multi -network format, providing important information for the study of the planning ideas, etiquette systems, and ruling system of the Xia Dynasty. Important clues to funeral systems and other issues.

The Grave Cemetery of the Shangdu Academy Street, Zhengzhou, Henan: Expand the archeological research space of the dealer, reflects the cultural exchanges and close connections of the Eastern and Western parties during the business period

Zhengzhou Shangdu Academy Street is located in the southeast of the city of Zhengzhou Mall. It is a high -grade aristocratic cemetery in the Baijiazhuang period in the middle of the Shang Dynasty. From June 2021 to August 2022, with the approval of the State Administration of Cultural Relics, the Zhengzhou Cultural Relics and Archaeological Research Institute cooperated with the local urban construction project for archeological exploration and excavation.

After archeological excavation, the remaining cemetery area of ​​the Shangzhou Shangdu Academy Street was about 10,000 square meters. Two trenches were found on both sides of the north and south of the cemetery. The tombs are mainly distributed in the area between two trenches, and a total of 25 are found. Among them, 3 tombs are unearthed bronze, 6 suspected sacrifice pits, and the remaining 16 speculations are funeral tombs.

"Tomb 2 (M2) Tomb mouth is 2.93 meters long, and the reddish -brown relics suspected of cinnabar are found in the middle of the tomb. More than 200 various types of utensils were unearthed in the tomb, including 20 bronze rituals, weapons, 11 jade wares, and 5 gold wares 5 There are 123 shell coins, green pine tubing beads, and inlaid with green pine ornaments, which fully demonstrate the high -grade aristocratic identity of the tomb owner. "

According to comprehensive analysis, the tomb of No. 2 is the main tomb of the tomb area. The owner of the tomb is the high -level aristocratic aristocracy in the Baijiazhuang period of the Shang Dynasty. It is the noble tomb with the largest number of funerals, the most abundant, and highest grade in Zhengzhou Mall. In particular, the phenomenon of 6 martyrs at the bottom of the tomb is also very rare in early and Chinese business culture.

Experts believe that Zhengzhou Shangdu Academy Street has further enriched the content of the medium -term culture of the Shang Dynasty. It is an important evidence of the evolution and historical revolution of Zhengzhou Mall. The phenomenon of many gold supplies unearthed from high -level aristocratic tombs is relatively rare, reflecting the cultural exchanges and close connections of the East and West during the business period. The new discovery will strongly expand the space for archeological research on behalf of the company.

Source: official website of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage

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