On the Erlitou site, a palace-city and a network of roads in its periphery have been discovered in recent years. The main road functioned continuously from the early to the late stage of Erlitou culture. The palace-ci...On the Erlitou site, a palace-city and a network of roads in its periphery have been discovered in recent years. The main road functioned continuously from the early to the late stage of Erlitou culture. The palace-city has a plan in the shape of a vertical rectangle and occupies an area of about 108,000 sq m. It was built at the turn from the second to the third phase of the Erlitou culture and existed to the fourth phase or a little later. This is the remains of the earliest palace-city known so far in China. Among the other important findings are wheel tracks of the early Erlitou culture and turquoise-containiing waist pits of the late Erlitou. The discovery of the palace-city and road network suggests that the Erlitou site is left over from a city large in size and neat in layout.展开更多
Building Foundation No. 4 of the Erlitou site is located in the eastern palace-area,straight ahead of Palace-foundation No. 2. Its main part was excavated from the spring of 2002 to the spring of 2003. These remains c...Building Foundation No. 4 of the Erlitou site is located in the eastern palace-area,straight ahead of Palace-foundation No. 2. Its main part was excavated from the spring of 2002 to the spring of 2003. These remains consist of the rammed-earth platform of the main pavilion and the vestiges of the eastern corridor, with the former occupying an area of over 460 sq m. Judging from the discovered vestiges, the fourth foundation can be reconstructed to represent a building complex formed of the main pavilion, the eastern and western corridors and the yard between them. These buildings were constructed in the third phase of Erlitou culture, roughly simultaneously with the complex represented by Foundation 2. The two compounds shared the same central axis and must have belonged to the same building group.展开更多
Foundation No.5 of Erlitou Site located in middle east of the palace area,which was paralleling to Foundation No.3 in east and west.Two remains were large-sized rammed-earth foundation of Phase II of Erlitou Culture.F...Foundation No.5 of Erlitou Site located in middle east of the palace area,which was paralleling to Foundation No.3 in east and west.Two remains were large-sized rammed-earth foundation of Phase II of Erlitou Culture.Foundation No.5 covered 2700 sq m currently,without wall.The foundation contained four layers of courtyards,in which buried several contemporaneous burials of aristocrats.Foundation No.5 would be the earliest and best in conservation large-sized rammed-earth courtyards having two or more layers,of which showed the distinction of palace architecture in early Erilitou Culture.It was the origin of the later palace architecture in courtyards of China.展开更多
A bronze yue battle-axe was picked up in Area Ⅲ of the Erlitou site in June 2000.It has a rectangular plan and seems to come from a tomb.Judging from the shape and the style of decoration,it must be of the late Erlit...A bronze yue battle-axe was picked up in Area Ⅲ of the Erlitou site in June 2000.It has a rectangular plan and seems to come from a tomb.Judging from the shape and the style of decoration,it must be of the late Erlitou culture.This is the earliest among the Chinese bronze yue so far discovered.Metallographical examination and composition analysis reveals that it is made of bronze with low tin content and cast in a double mould.X-ray photography shows insufficient in the compactness of its body structure and other defects,which resulted from a certain primitiveness of its casting technology.展开更多
1987年春,在二里头遗址 V 区的东缘,圪垱头村偃师第二橡胶厂工人在厂内建水泥池子挖土时发现三件铜器和一件残石玉器,还有残陶器(皆被遗弃)。由于发现时仅当事的两三人知道,他们便私藏起来。我队得知此事后,即多方追查。得知他们已将此...1987年春,在二里头遗址 V 区的东缘,圪垱头村偃师第二橡胶厂工人在厂内建水泥池子挖土时发现三件铜器和一件残石玉器,还有残陶器(皆被遗弃)。由于发现时仅当事的两三人知道,他们便私藏起来。我队得知此事后,即多方追查。得知他们已将此批铜器卖出,我们随即报请偃师县公安局协助追查。经公安人员的努力,追回了铜鼎和铜斝。另一件据当事人描述,当为铜觚,尚待继续追查之。展开更多
文摘On the Erlitou site, a palace-city and a network of roads in its periphery have been discovered in recent years. The main road functioned continuously from the early to the late stage of Erlitou culture. The palace-city has a plan in the shape of a vertical rectangle and occupies an area of about 108,000 sq m. It was built at the turn from the second to the third phase of the Erlitou culture and existed to the fourth phase or a little later. This is the remains of the earliest palace-city known so far in China. Among the other important findings are wheel tracks of the early Erlitou culture and turquoise-containiing waist pits of the late Erlitou. The discovery of the palace-city and road network suggests that the Erlitou site is left over from a city large in size and neat in layout.
文摘Building Foundation No. 4 of the Erlitou site is located in the eastern palace-area,straight ahead of Palace-foundation No. 2. Its main part was excavated from the spring of 2002 to the spring of 2003. These remains consist of the rammed-earth platform of the main pavilion and the vestiges of the eastern corridor, with the former occupying an area of over 460 sq m. Judging from the discovered vestiges, the fourth foundation can be reconstructed to represent a building complex formed of the main pavilion, the eastern and western corridors and the yard between them. These buildings were constructed in the third phase of Erlitou culture, roughly simultaneously with the complex represented by Foundation 2. The two compounds shared the same central axis and must have belonged to the same building group.
文摘Foundation No.5 of Erlitou Site located in middle east of the palace area,which was paralleling to Foundation No.3 in east and west.Two remains were large-sized rammed-earth foundation of Phase II of Erlitou Culture.Foundation No.5 covered 2700 sq m currently,without wall.The foundation contained four layers of courtyards,in which buried several contemporaneous burials of aristocrats.Foundation No.5 would be the earliest and best in conservation large-sized rammed-earth courtyards having two or more layers,of which showed the distinction of palace architecture in early Erilitou Culture.It was the origin of the later palace architecture in courtyards of China.
文摘A bronze yue battle-axe was picked up in Area Ⅲ of the Erlitou site in June 2000.It has a rectangular plan and seems to come from a tomb.Judging from the shape and the style of decoration,it must be of the late Erlitou culture.This is the earliest among the Chinese bronze yue so far discovered.Metallographical examination and composition analysis reveals that it is made of bronze with low tin content and cast in a double mould.X-ray photography shows insufficient in the compactness of its body structure and other defects,which resulted from a certain primitiveness of its casting technology.
文摘1987年春,在二里头遗址 V 区的东缘,圪垱头村偃师第二橡胶厂工人在厂内建水泥池子挖土时发现三件铜器和一件残石玉器,还有残陶器(皆被遗弃)。由于发现时仅当事的两三人知道,他们便私藏起来。我队得知此事后,即多方追查。得知他们已将此批铜器卖出,我们随即报请偃师县公安局协助追查。经公安人员的努力,追回了铜鼎和铜斝。另一件据当事人描述,当为铜觚,尚待继续追查之。
