河姆渡遗址

The Hemudu Site

河姆渡遗址是全国重点文物保护单位，为举世闻名的新石器时代遗址，位于余姚市罗江乡河姆渡村东北，面积约4万平方米，1973年开始发掘。遗址有4个相继叠压的文化层，其中第三、四层是长江下游和东南沿海已发现的新石器时代最早文化层，距今约6000-7000年。出土文物内容非常丰富，有人工栽培水稻的大量遗物，带榫卯的木构建筑构件，

Known both in China and abroad as a famous New Stone Age archeological site, the Hemudu Site is under state protection. It is located northeast of the village of Hemudu in the township of Luojiang of Yuyao City in eastern Zhejiang province and covers an area of 40,000 square meters. Excavation of the site＇s four overlapping cultural layers first began in 1973. The third and the fourth layers are the earliest cultural layers of the New Stone Age that have been found in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the entire southeast coast of China.