The Mengzhuang site lies on a terrace east of Mengzhuang town in southeastern Huixian city, Henan, and occupies an area of 300,000 sq m. It was excavated in 1992-1995, which led to the revelation of remains of the Pei...The Mengzhuang site lies on a terrace east of Mengzhuang town in southeastern Huixian city, Henan, and occupies an area of 300,000 sq m. It was excavated in 1992-1995, which led to the revelation of remains of the Peiligang, Yangshao, Longshan and Erlitou cultures. Those of the Longshan culture include one city-site, 16 house-foundations, numerous ash-pits and four wells. Among the unearthed Longshan objects are: stone tools - the axe, spade, adze, knife, arrowhead, and chisel; bone implements - the arrowhead, awl, chisel, and spoon ; shell artifacts - the knife and arrowhead ; and pottery-the jar, yah steamer, jia tripod, gui tripod, urn, zeng steamer, basin, vessel stand, cup, vessel cover, bowl, dou stemmed vessel, ring-foot dish, zun-shaped object, li tripod and ding tripod. The whole complex can be divided into two phases, which are dated to 2400--2300 and 2300--2100 BC respectively.展开更多
The Mengzhuang site of the Longshan culture is situated on the third terrace of the hill-foot alluvial plain east of Mengzhuang town in Huixian city, Henan. The remains include a city-site, house-foundations, ash-pits...The Mengzhuang site of the Longshan culture is situated on the third terrace of the hill-foot alluvial plain east of Mengzhuang town in Huixian city, Henan. The remains include a city-site, house-foundations, ash-pits and wells; and the objects embrace stone, bone and shell artifacts and pottery vessels. According to stratigraphical evidence and the typological evolution of objects, the remains are divided into three periods with six stages, each further falling into two sub-stages. The first period goes back to 2800-2500 BC; the second, 2400-2300 BC, and the third, 2300-2100 BC. The complex originated from the local Yangshao culture and shows distinct features of its own. Being clear in origin and rich in cultural content, it represents the local variant of the Longshan culture and thus can be called Mengzhuang type.展开更多
The Longshan culture eity-site at Mengzhuang, Huixian, Henan, is the largest in the same category of ruins known so far across the Central Plains. Concerning the fall of the city, the author believes that it was destr...The Longshan culture eity-site at Mengzhuang, Huixian, Henan, is the largest in the same category of ruins known so far across the Central Plains. Concerning the fall of the city, the author believes that it was destroyed by a flood around 2100 BC in the late Longshan culture judging from its geographical location and environments, its topographical features in ancient and present times, the changes in its cultural aspect, the records of relevant texts, as well as its condition of preservation, ineluding the remaining height of its walls and the breaches in the middle of its western wall. This period saw the founding of the Xia dynasty and Great Yu' s regulating rivers and watercourses, so the exploration of the traces of floods on then sites is of great significance to the study of the starting point of the Xia dynasty.展开更多
文摘The Mengzhuang site lies on a terrace east of Mengzhuang town in southeastern Huixian city, Henan, and occupies an area of 300,000 sq m. It was excavated in 1992-1995, which led to the revelation of remains of the Peiligang, Yangshao, Longshan and Erlitou cultures. Those of the Longshan culture include one city-site, 16 house-foundations, numerous ash-pits and four wells. Among the unearthed Longshan objects are: stone tools - the axe, spade, adze, knife, arrowhead, and chisel; bone implements - the arrowhead, awl, chisel, and spoon ; shell artifacts - the knife and arrowhead ; and pottery-the jar, yah steamer, jia tripod, gui tripod, urn, zeng steamer, basin, vessel stand, cup, vessel cover, bowl, dou stemmed vessel, ring-foot dish, zun-shaped object, li tripod and ding tripod. The whole complex can be divided into two phases, which are dated to 2400--2300 and 2300--2100 BC respectively.
文摘The Mengzhuang site of the Longshan culture is situated on the third terrace of the hill-foot alluvial plain east of Mengzhuang town in Huixian city, Henan. The remains include a city-site, house-foundations, ash-pits and wells; and the objects embrace stone, bone and shell artifacts and pottery vessels. According to stratigraphical evidence and the typological evolution of objects, the remains are divided into three periods with six stages, each further falling into two sub-stages. The first period goes back to 2800-2500 BC; the second, 2400-2300 BC, and the third, 2300-2100 BC. The complex originated from the local Yangshao culture and shows distinct features of its own. Being clear in origin and rich in cultural content, it represents the local variant of the Longshan culture and thus can be called Mengzhuang type.
文摘The Longshan culture eity-site at Mengzhuang, Huixian, Henan, is the largest in the same category of ruins known so far across the Central Plains. Concerning the fall of the city, the author believes that it was destroyed by a flood around 2100 BC in the late Longshan culture judging from its geographical location and environments, its topographical features in ancient and present times, the changes in its cultural aspect, the records of relevant texts, as well as its condition of preservation, ineluding the remaining height of its walls and the breaches in the middle of its western wall. This period saw the founding of the Xia dynasty and Great Yu' s regulating rivers and watercourses, so the exploration of the traces of floods on then sites is of great significance to the study of the starting point of the Xia dynasty.
