Yuchisi site of Mengcheng, Anhui Province, belonging to late phase of Dawenkou Culture, is a large-scaled prehistoric site found in 1980s. Excavations of 9 seasons, gain datum to fills up the vacancy on Dawenkou settl...Yuchisi site of Mengcheng, Anhui Province, belonging to late phase of Dawenkou Culture, is a large-scaled prehistoric site found in 1980s. Excavations of 9 seasons, gain datum to fills up the vacancy on Dawenkou settlement research. Within the enclosed trench and on the area of 5000 square meters, there distributed rows and groups of more than 40 rooms. Some of two rooms serve a group while several form a big room, thus consisting of the separated or united groups, and reflecting its social organization in which individual family worked as a basic unit. Yuchisi is a typical representative of Dawenkou Culture in North Anhui. Archaeological investigation shows that around it there locates more than ten sites in different size. Yuchisi site is the biggest and occupies a dominantly central position. The material of Yuchisi site is quite important for studying on origin of early civilization.展开更多
Prehistoric stone adz (for cutting tree and brush to open up wasteland )and stone Xie(楔)(for cutting timbers i nto wood slabs),are similar to each other in shape but different in functions.B e cause of their shape re...Prehistoric stone adz (for cutting tree and brush to open up wasteland )and stone Xie(楔)(for cutting timbers i nto wood slabs),are similar to each other in shape but different in functions.B e cause of their shape resemblance, people have long misunderstood stone Xie’s rol e.Today We know the differences,we should differ the functions of them.展开更多
文摘Yuchisi site of Mengcheng, Anhui Province, belonging to late phase of Dawenkou Culture, is a large-scaled prehistoric site found in 1980s. Excavations of 9 seasons, gain datum to fills up the vacancy on Dawenkou settlement research. Within the enclosed trench and on the area of 5000 square meters, there distributed rows and groups of more than 40 rooms. Some of two rooms serve a group while several form a big room, thus consisting of the separated or united groups, and reflecting its social organization in which individual family worked as a basic unit. Yuchisi is a typical representative of Dawenkou Culture in North Anhui. Archaeological investigation shows that around it there locates more than ten sites in different size. Yuchisi site is the biggest and occupies a dominantly central position. The material of Yuchisi site is quite important for studying on origin of early civilization.
文摘Prehistoric stone adz (for cutting tree and brush to open up wasteland )and stone Xie(楔)(for cutting timbers i nto wood slabs),are similar to each other in shape but different in functions.B e cause of their shape resemblance, people have long misunderstood stone Xie’s rol e.Today We know the differences,we should differ the functions of them.
