The Jiangsu Longnan site of the early Liangzhu culture shows a settlement pattern with the living quarter centered on the river, the houses built on the bankes, and those on the northern bank laid out around a square;...The Jiangsu Longnan site of the early Liangzhu culture shows a settlement pattern with the living quarter centered on the river, the houses built on the bankes, and those on the northern bank laid out around a square; the tombs are arranged in groups, with high-rank graves such as 88M1 appearing among them. This phenomenom together with the still higher rank Miaoqian and Mojiaoshan sites in Zhejiang indicates that in the early Liangzhu, there already existed a multi-rank settlement system characterized by sparseness in layout, the multiformity of houses and differentiation between rich and poor within the settlement, which laid a foundation for the subsequent formation of the kingdom and local state and the rise of civilization.展开更多
The "Symposium on the Civilizing Course of the Lower Changjiang River Valley" was held in Shanghai in the last ten-day period of July 2002. The main subjects discussed are the date of the Liangzhu culture, t...The "Symposium on the Civilizing Course of the Lower Changjiang River Valley" was held in Shanghai in the last ten-day period of July 2002. The main subjects discussed are the date of the Liangzhu culture, the techniques of jade working, the patterns of settlements, the social-economic formation, the civilizing course, and the further study of these problem.s Most attendants believe that the Liangzhu culture goes back to 5300-4000BP, that the extensive spread of its jades was essentially idological diffusion, and that its civilizing course took place on the basis of the full development of its primitive rice farming. In the future, the study should aim at the establishment of a detailed chronological sequence and pay attention to extensive revelation of important sites and to settlement archaeology.展开更多
文摘The Jiangsu Longnan site of the early Liangzhu culture shows a settlement pattern with the living quarter centered on the river, the houses built on the bankes, and those on the northern bank laid out around a square; the tombs are arranged in groups, with high-rank graves such as 88M1 appearing among them. This phenomenom together with the still higher rank Miaoqian and Mojiaoshan sites in Zhejiang indicates that in the early Liangzhu, there already existed a multi-rank settlement system characterized by sparseness in layout, the multiformity of houses and differentiation between rich and poor within the settlement, which laid a foundation for the subsequent formation of the kingdom and local state and the rise of civilization.
文摘The "Symposium on the Civilizing Course of the Lower Changjiang River Valley" was held in Shanghai in the last ten-day period of July 2002. The main subjects discussed are the date of the Liangzhu culture, the techniques of jade working, the patterns of settlements, the social-economic formation, the civilizing course, and the further study of these problem.s Most attendants believe that the Liangzhu culture goes back to 5300-4000BP, that the extensive spread of its jades was essentially idological diffusion, and that its civilizing course took place on the basis of the full development of its primitive rice farming. In the future, the study should aim at the establishment of a detailed chronological sequence and pay attention to extensive revelation of important sites and to settlement archaeology.
