To explore the whole layout of the Yuchisi settlement, the Anhui Archaeological Team, IA,CASS, and the Mengcheng County Bureau of Culture carried out the 13^th excavation on the site in the autumn of 2003, which resul...To explore the whole layout of the Yuchisi settlement, the Anhui Archaeological Team, IA,CASS, and the Mengcheng County Bureau of Culture carried out the 13^th excavation on the site in the autumn of 2003, which resulted in the obtainment of unexpected achievements. The excavation was made in the central area of the site, covering an area of 1,000 sq m. Among the Dawenkou Culture remains three groups of burnt clay buildings were found to he in two rows. Moreover, a row of burnt clay house-foundations similar to their counterparts in the Dawenkou culture was revealed in the Longshan Culture layer. This made up a gap in the previous some dozen excavations on the site. In addition, a group of peculiar seven-legged perforated objects was yielded from the burnt clay house-foundations of Longshan culture. It is the first time such objects have been unearthed form the Yuchisi site. These discoveries provided new material for the study of architectural form and ideological problems in the period of Longshan culture.展开更多
文摘To explore the whole layout of the Yuchisi settlement, the Anhui Archaeological Team, IA,CASS, and the Mengcheng County Bureau of Culture carried out the 13^th excavation on the site in the autumn of 2003, which resulted in the obtainment of unexpected achievements. The excavation was made in the central area of the site, covering an area of 1,000 sq m. Among the Dawenkou Culture remains three groups of burnt clay buildings were found to he in two rows. Moreover, a row of burnt clay house-foundations similar to their counterparts in the Dawenkou culture was revealed in the Longshan Culture layer. This made up a gap in the previous some dozen excavations on the site. In addition, a group of peculiar seven-legged perforated objects was yielded from the burnt clay house-foundations of Longshan culture. It is the first time such objects have been unearthed form the Yuchisi site. These discoveries provided new material for the study of architectural form and ideological problems in the period of Longshan culture.
