The Zhuyuanxia site lies southwest of Xinlu village, Shashi town, Ganzhou city, Jiangxi province, and occupies an area of above 20,000sq m. It was excavated in October 1993-January 1994, which resulted in the revelati...The Zhuyuanxia site lies southwest of Xinlu village, Shashi town, Ganzhou city, Jiangxi province, and occupies an area of above 20,000sq m. It was excavated in October 1993-January 1994, which resulted in the revelation of 13 house-foundations, 10 tombs, 15 ash-pits, one ash-trench and two piles of pebbles, all belonging to the early phase of the site. The pottery consists mainly of sandy and clay grey wares fired at a rather low temperature and is largely decorated with chequer, meander, basket impression, double-lined rectangular and rhombic patterns. The vessel types include the fish-basket-shaped, carinate-bellied, round-bellied and carinate-shouldered jars, basin, zun vase, dou stemmed vessel, urn, vat, bo bowl, yu container and pot. These remains go back roughly to the late Shang and early Zhoup eriod, corresponding to the third phase of the Wucheng site in Qingjiang, Jiangxi, and the middle layers of the Shixia site in Qujiang, Guangdong.展开更多
文摘The Zhuyuanxia site lies southwest of Xinlu village, Shashi town, Ganzhou city, Jiangxi province, and occupies an area of above 20,000sq m. It was excavated in October 1993-January 1994, which resulted in the revelation of 13 house-foundations, 10 tombs, 15 ash-pits, one ash-trench and two piles of pebbles, all belonging to the early phase of the site. The pottery consists mainly of sandy and clay grey wares fired at a rather low temperature and is largely decorated with chequer, meander, basket impression, double-lined rectangular and rhombic patterns. The vessel types include the fish-basket-shaped, carinate-bellied, round-bellied and carinate-shouldered jars, basin, zun vase, dou stemmed vessel, urn, vat, bo bowl, yu container and pot. These remains go back roughly to the late Shang and early Zhoup eriod, corresponding to the third phase of the Wucheng site in Qingjiang, Jiangxi, and the middle layers of the Shixia site in Qujiang, Guangdong.
