杭州市余杭区良渚古城遗址2006～2007年的发掘

2006-2007 Exca- vation on the Liangzhu City-site in Yuhang District,Hangzhou City

良渚古城遗址位于浙江省杭州市余杭区瓶窑镇，在良渚遗址群西侧，东南距离杭州市区约20公里。

The Liangzhu city-site lies northwest of Hangzhou City and west of the Liangzhu site group. Archaeological survey and excavation have preliminarily clarified the distribution scope, stratigraphic deposition and terminal date of the city-walls. The site is about 1,800- 1,900 m long from the north to the south and 1,500- 1,700 m wide from the west to the east, totaling above 2,900,000 sq m in area. The walls are built of rather pure yellow clay on 40 - 60 wide stone foundations, and measures about 4 m in height for the better-preserved section. They functioned no later than the late Liangzhu culture. This is the first time archaeologists have discovered a Liangzhu city-site, and it is also the largest among the contemporary city-sites known so far. The excavation opened a new field of view for studies into the Liangzhu culture and provided important data for research on the origin of Chinese civilization.