Archaeological discoveries in Tibet are sites of early prehistoric human activity

The reporter learned from the important progress work meeting of the "Archaeology China" major project held by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage on the 13th that archaeologists found continuous stratigraphic accumulation at the Chere site in Tibet, and unearthed more than 5,000 relics, including a large number of stone products, a small number of animal bones and burnt stones, and also found fire ponds, ash pits and other relics. Two types of stone tool technology, stone chip industry and fine stone leaf industry, have been found, which are speculated to be the remnants of human activities in two different periods. Chere Site is one of the first batch of prehistoric wilderness sites systematically excavated in western Tibet, and is a rare site of early prehistoric human activities with clear stratigraphic accumulation in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, filling the gap of prehistoric archaeological culture in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau dating from 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. (Reporter Shi Yucen, photo provided by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage)

Source: Xinhua News Agency