广东潮阳鸡龙山遗址的发掘

Report of Excavation on the Jilongshan Site in Chaoyang District of Guangdong Province

2017年3~5月,广东省文物考古研究院等单位对位于汕头市潮阳区河溪镇上坑村的鸡龙山遗址进行了抢救性发掘,发现并清理了新石器时代末期的文化遗存。遗迹主要有灰坑、墓葬和灶,出土器物主要为陶器、石器。本次发掘对复原该遗址新石器时代末期文化面貌,完善本地区考古学文化序列具有重要意义。

From March to May 2017,the Guangdong Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and other units conducted salvage excavations at the Jilongshan site in Shangkeng Village,Hexi Town,Chaoyang District,Shantou City,revealing cultural remains dated to the late Neolithic period.The important features unearthed at the site consist of ash pits,burials,and hearths while the excavated artifacts were mainly pottery and stone tools.The excavation is important in two aspects:it reveals the cultural landscape of the site during the late Neolithic period,and it refines the archaeological sequence of the region.