Editor's Note:
From the late Dawenkou culture and the early Longshan culture to the present, for more than 4,000 years, 588 cultural relics quietly tell the historical changes of various periods... During the archaeological exploration of the construction land of the Weiyan high-speed railway, a large settlement site covering the late Dawenkou culture - the early Longshan culture, the Han Dynasty, the Song Yuan and the Ming and Qing dynasties - the Lücun site surfaced. After 7 months of archaeological excavations, a series of important archaeological discoveries were made. What cultural relics have been excavated from the Lücun site? What are the cultural connotations of the site? Recently, the Qilu Evening News Qilu One Point reporter made a visit.
Qilu Evening News Qilu one-point reporter Liang Yingying
In a restoration room at the Lucun site, more than 160 pieces of restored pottery are placed, which involve all aspects of the life of prehistoric ancestors 4,000 years ago, from cooking utensils to containers, to water vessels and wine utensils, through which the staff roughly restored some scenes of the prehistoric ancestors' lives.
According to Sun Huinan, the executive leader of the archaeological excavation of the Lucun site of Yantai Museum, the cooking utensils are mainly pottery and pottery, and the containers are mainly various types of clay pots, pottery beans and clay pots, while water vessels and wine vessels are pottery, pottery cups and clay pots with different forms.
The pottery excavated from these Lucun sites has a variety of shapes and sizes, and what is particularly interesting is that the Dingzu excavated this time looks like a human face from the front. "You see, the eyes, forehead, nose, mouth are very clear, and these things on both sides are especially like human beards, which we call 'human face and feet.'" Sun Huinan said that the discovery of human face fullness reflects that people at that time made pottery ding not only to meet its use function, but also rose to the height of aesthetics and art.
The face is full
In addition, among the various vessels, there is a strangely shaped pottery, similar to the previous kerosene lamp shape, and it is black and shiny throughout. Sun Huinan said, "This piece of pottery is called Tao Dou, which is very exquisite, and it is a food vessel in the early days of Longshan culture, which is used for eating." The polished black pottery technique used in this pottery looks very shiny because it has been artificially polished and polished, and the later firing process has been carburized, so it is black and shiny. ”
Pottery beans