On January 13, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage held an important progress meeting on the major project of "Archaeology china" in Beijing, and reported four important archaeological achievements, including the Chere site, the Mahao site, the Gebu Sailu site, and the Dangxiong cemetery.
On January 13, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage held an important progress work meeting on the major project of "Archaeology in China" in Beijing
The meeting focused on important archaeological discoveries and research progress in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The Chere Site in Gar County is a Paleolithic wilderness site in the early Holocene, archaeology has found continuous accumulation of cultural layers, excavated more than 5,000 relics mainly of stone products, and found fire ponds, ash pits and other human activity remains. More than 2,000 relics have been excavated in a dense distribution area of stone products, speculated to be the remains of ancient people making stone tools and buried in situ, and the two types of stone tool technology found in the stone chip industry and the fine stone leaf industry are speculated to be the remains of human activities in two different periods, indicating that ancient humans have experienced at least two repeated occupation processes in this area, filling the gap in the prehistoric archaeological culture of the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from 8,000 to 10,000 years ago.
Cheze ruins
The Maliang Ruins in Kangma County (4410 meters above sea level) is a prehistoric settlement site dating back about 4,000 years, archaeology has found fire ponds, tombs and other remnants of human life, excavated stone tools, pottery, bone tools, mussel ornaments, talc beads, jade pipe beads and other relics. The tomb shape has two types of sarcophagus tombs and vertical pit tombs, and the pottery decorative patterns are mainly carved and scratched, and the technical style is similar to that of the same period in the Hengduan Mountains. The Machu site represents a new type of archaeological culture, which is of great significance for establishing the sequence of prehistoric archaeological cultures in Tibet and exploring the extreme environmental processes and strategies of human adaptation to high cold and lack of oxygen.
Kangma County Ma good ruins
Excavations at the Ma good ruins in Kangma County were harvested
The Gbusairu Ruins in Zada County is a site from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age. Two periods of tombs were found, the first period is 3600 to 3000 years old, mainly stone chamber tombs, reflecting the economic characteristics of animal husbandry and hunting. The second period dates from 2700 to 2100, mainly based on cave tombs, excavated pottery is mainly sand reddish brown round bottom ware, mostly decorated with thick rope patterns and carved patterns, stamps, this type of remains are widely found in the middle reaches of the Xiangquan River. The Gebusela ruins are of great value for the study of the exchange and migration of people in the Xiangquan River Basin, and the formation and development of regional cultures.
Ruins of Gebsairu, Zada County
The Dangxiong Cemetery in Dangxiong County is a Tubo period cemetery dating from the 7th to 9th centuries AD. Archaeology has found 52 sealed earth tombs, including two major categories of stone chamber tombs and earthen pit tombs, there are anthracite walls around the tomb, and the burial style is mainly for the secondary burial of bone picking, and animal martyrdom is more common. More than 300 pieces (sets) of various utensils such as gold and silverware, beads, pottery, and Go pieces have been unearthed. The archaeological work of the Dangxiong cemetery has further revealed the funerary customs and systems of the Tubo culture, and the excavated stone black and white Go pieces, lacquer fragments, textiles, etc. show their close connection with the Central Plains culture, which is an important empirical evidence of the exchanges and blends of various ethnic groups.
Dangxiong County Dangxiong Cemetery
Dangxiong County Dangxiong Cemetery Tomb shape system
The four important achievements of this briefing further reveal the complex process of prehistoric cultural development on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and empirically prove the history of ethnic exchanges, exchanges and blending in Tibet. The State Administration of Cultural Heritage will continue to promote the archaeological work in Tibet under the framework of the "Archaeology of China" major project, promote multidisciplinary cooperative research, and continuously deepen the research on important topics such as prehistoric cultural development and environmental change in Tibet, Tibetan culture, plateau Silk Road and South Asian corridors, so as to empirically prove the history of exchanges and exchanges between various ethnic groups in Tibet and forge a solid sense of community of the Chinese nation.
Participating experts commented on 4 archaeological achievements. The head of the Department of Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeology of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage attended the meeting.