The Chengcun kiln-sites in Wuyishan City are auxiliary remains of the Han period Chengcun City (Minyue royal city).Three horse-hoof-shaped kilns for firing bricks and tiles were revealed through excavation.The furnace...The Chengcun kiln-sites in Wuyishan City are auxiliary remains of the Han period Chengcun City (Minyue royal city).Three horse-hoof-shaped kilns for firing bricks and tiles were revealed through excavation.The furnace is square in plan.Bricks,tiles and tile-ends form the main remains from the interior of the kilns,and a large quantity of pottery utensils and pottery-making implements,such as paddles,were unearthed outside the kilns and from pits for waste products.Judging from their unearthed objects and condition of use,the kilns must have functioned in the earlier Western Han period and were abandoned at the time of the Minyue State's fall.The excavation is of great significance to studying the history and culture of the Minyue State in the Fujian area of the Western Han period.展开更多
文摘The Chengcun kiln-sites in Wuyishan City are auxiliary remains of the Han period Chengcun City (Minyue royal city).Three horse-hoof-shaped kilns for firing bricks and tiles were revealed through excavation.The furnace is square in plan.Bricks,tiles and tile-ends form the main remains from the interior of the kilns,and a large quantity of pottery utensils and pottery-making implements,such as paddles,were unearthed outside the kilns and from pits for waste products.Judging from their unearthed objects and condition of use,the kilns must have functioned in the earlier Western Han period and were abandoned at the time of the Minyue State's fall.The excavation is of great significance to studying the history and culture of the Minyue State in the Fujian area of the Western Han period.
