Archaeologically, the Neolithic is the last stage of the Stone Age, a stage of human material culture development marked by the use of ground stone tools. In the Anhui Provincial Museum, there are jade figures from the Neolithic era, and its excavation also represents the aesthetic concepts of people at that time.
This jade figure is 8.1 cm high, 2.3 cm wide at the shoulders and 0.5 cm thick. Jade off-white, rectangular face, wearing a round crown, crown ornamental checkered pattern, a spire on the crown, a small round button ornament on the top, behind the crown to the warp is a horizontal line hanging curtain. Thick eyebrows, big eyes, double eyelids, wide nose, two large and lower parts each decorated with a hole, large mouth slightly closed, upper lip decorated with a figure eight beard. The arms are bent, the five fingers are open and placed on the chest, and the arms are decorated with 8 jade rings. Waistband with five diagonal stripes. The thighs and hips are wide, the legs are short, the toes are open, and behind them are high neck costumes and drilled tunnels.
The jade people were excavated from the neolithic settlement site of Lingjiatan Village, Tongzha Town, Hanshan County, Anhui Province, and the site area found artificial altars built in the late Neolithic period, large clan cemeteries, as well as important relics such as sacrifice pits, red-burnt earth and stone circles, and unearthed exquisite jade ceremonial vessels, stone tools, pottery and other precious cultural relics. The discovery of the site may advance the history of Chinese civilization to 5300 years ago.
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