In 2003, archaeological excavation revealed on the site of Taosi walled-town the northern entrance of the core building complex in the palace area of the early and middle Taosi culture. The vestiges comprise zigzag ro...In 2003, archaeological excavation revealed on the site of Taosi walled-town the northern entrance of the core building complex in the palace area of the early and middle Taosi culture. The vestiges comprise zigzag road-foundations of shutter-rammed earth built in “八”-shaped flat-bottomed trenches, and a pair of rammde-earth bridge-piers on the northern site of the road, near the moat. In the sub-town of the middle Taosi, the foundations of a rammed---earth structure were found to be in the shape of the greater part of a circle with a radius of 22--25m. They must be remains of a three-tier platform. Between the immature-soil core of the platform and the third retaining wall, there are 11 square posts built of rammed earth, with 10 narrow openings kept between. Through each opening a ridge can be seen from the center of the circle. Asimulated survey shows that these openings might have been for observing the sunrise and determining solar terms.展开更多
文摘In 2003, archaeological excavation revealed on the site of Taosi walled-town the northern entrance of the core building complex in the palace area of the early and middle Taosi culture. The vestiges comprise zigzag road-foundations of shutter-rammed earth built in “八”-shaped flat-bottomed trenches, and a pair of rammde-earth bridge-piers on the northern site of the road, near the moat. In the sub-town of the middle Taosi, the foundations of a rammed---earth structure were found to be in the shape of the greater part of a circle with a radius of 22--25m. They must be remains of a three-tier platform. Between the immature-soil core of the platform and the third retaining wall, there are 11 square posts built of rammed earth, with 10 narrow openings kept between. Through each opening a ridge can be seen from the center of the circle. Asimulated survey shows that these openings might have been for observing the sunrise and determining solar terms.
