Travel thousands of years from the State of Qi to a new era of the 21st century
A piece of pottery with an "inscription"
It can still be used in ancient script
Convey the historical truth
Only two words of the print
Or will unveil the ruins of the Li family in Pingdu Sanbu, Qingdao
In the Zhou Dynasty the State of Qi was a place name and many other mysteries
(The "sealed text" at the red circle may reveal important information)
Starting from this summer, which lasted for half a year, in order to cooperate with the construction of The Pingdu North Station of the Weiyan High-speed Railway, the Qingdao Institute of Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeology and the Pingdu City Museum jointly carried out archaeological excavations on the Lijia site in Sanbu, which occupied the pressure within the construction area of the Weiyan High-speed Railway Pingdu North Station, and made a series of important archaeological discoveries.
A large number of artifacts unearthed seem to tell the story
A historical story
A large Zhou Dynasty settlement slowly surfaced
A painting of an ancient man 3,000 years ago who came to sea
The vivid and beautiful picture scroll slowly unfolds
(Archaeological Site)
The Sanbu Li family site is located in Xinhe Town, northwest of Pingdu City
The site is located on the western side of the Osawa Mountains
On the northern slope of a low hill
It originates from the Ziyang River in the Osawa Mountain system
From the south side of the port, it turns north to flow into Laizhou Bay
After more than 6 months of clean-up work
So far it has been found
Yueshi culture, Zhou Dynasty, Tang, Song- Ming and Qing dynasties
Ruins of three periods
After up to 6 months of clean-up work
The upper level of the site is a burial area from the Tang and Song dynasties
A total of about 60 tombs were found
Both are from the five dynasties of the late Tang Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty.
Judging from the excavation and visit investigation
The distribution range of Zhou Dynasty sites is large
As of now
High-speed rail stations are within the pressure range
A total of about 1,000 Zhou Dynasty relics were cleaned up
The connotation of the ruins involves the site, the ash pit and the cellar
Wells, kiln sites, stoves, tombs
Sacrificial pits, depressions, drainage ditches, etc
Breaking down relationships between the relics is extremely complex
Indicates that this area may last longer
Human activity is more frequent
(Sacrificial Pit)
Excavated artifacts include bronze and iron
Jade, agate, crystal, pottery
Bone horn tools, stone tools, mussel tools, etc
Indicates that the area was in the Zhou Dynasty
Probably the State of Qi in the eastern part of the Jiaodong Peninsula
A larger settlement
(Archaeological staff restoring artifacts)
Zhou Tang and Song Tombs "Resurrection"
In the eastern part of the excavation area of the Lijia ruins in Sanbu
Archaeologists have found a large number of Zhou Dynasty tombs
The burial area continued from the early Spring and Autumn period to the middle and late Warring States period
There are many tombs in the middle and late Warring States period
Mainly small and medium-sized tombs
No large tombs are seen
The tombs are all in east-west orientation
The head of the tomb faces east
The shape is a vertical cave pit tomb
Small tombs can only accommodate people
What caught the attention of archaeologists during the excavations was that
In ash pits, wells, silt layers
Many cases of unnatural deaths were identified
Death is in a position of being on your back and sideways
Leaning over, curled up, and bundling poses appear
The exact cause of death is unknown
There are so many cases of unnatural deaths
This indicates that there was once a fierce internal struggle in the region
Or have been through war
On the edge of a ash pit on the north side of the burial area
A case of mother-child burial was found
It is speculated that he may have died in childbirth
The baby is placed above the mother's tibia
A small amount has also been found on the west side of the site
An urn burial of a child who died prematurely
Find the Pingdu coastline
(The red marker is the current Sanbu Lijia Ruins, and the 3,000-year-old coastline is nearby.)
"This more important discovery is that the results of the field investigation and the physical data unearthed prove that the coastline on the southern shore of Laizhou Bay was closer to the south of the coastline than the current coastline in about 2500-3000 years ago or earlier." According to the archaeologists, in the process of investigating the surrounding area of the site in the early stage of excavation, the archaeologists found that a large number of shells of marine molluscs were found on the sections of the farmland and ditches around the site, and the more common ones were clams and nail snails.
(Shells excavated from the site)
Ancestors who lived here
Once close to the coastline
And the location of the Sanbu Li family site is now located
34 miles off the southern coastline of Laizhou Bay
That is to say, this archaeological discovery
The southern coastline of Laizhou Bay has passed 3,000 years later
The coastline retreats more than 30 miles
(Archaeologists tell the public archaeology knowledge to secondary school students)
Not long ago, the Qingdao Institute of Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeology and the Pingdu Museum jointly carried out a public archaeological activity at the Pingdu Sanbu Lijia Site, an archaeological excavation project built in the Pingdu Station of the Weiyan High-speed Railway, and organized the visit to 47 middle school students and parents of 16 classes in the 2020 class of Qingdao 65 Middle School.
After explaining a series of questions about the background, characteristics, types of ruins, and excavated cultural relics that are currently being excavated, the archaeologists answered the questions raised by students and parents about the archaeological excavations. After visiting the archaeological excavation site, the archaeologists led the students and parents to visit the temporary archaeological site, showing everyone the archaeological restoration site and the temporarily restored cultural relics. Through this public archaeology activity, students can more fully understand archaeology, understand archaeology, and improve the awareness of cultural relics protection.