On the 13th, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China held an important progress work meeting on the major project of "Archaeology in China", at which four important archaeological achievements on the Tibet Autonomous Region were announced for the first time, and there were important archaeological discoveries everywhere in the Chere site, the Mahao site, the Gebusairu site, and the Dangxiong cemetery, especially the Chere site, which filled the gap in the prehistoric archaeology of the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from 8,000 to 10,000 years ago.
According to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the Chere site in the Ali region of Tibet is a new Paleolithic wilderness site, which is simply the site of non-caves and rock houses, which is also the most common type of site among the current Paleolithic remaining sites. More than 5,000 relics have been excavated in China, including a large number of stone artifacts, a small number of animal bones, burnt stones, and traces of fire pits, which prove the activities of ancient humans in this area and are of great significance for understanding the progress of ancient humans in adapting to plateau life and plateau culture. Moreover, in the stone artifacts excavated this time, the finished products of stone chips and fine stone industry two kinds of stone tool manufacturing technology were found, and these two different stone tool manufacturing may be derived from two different human active stone tools, which can also be speculated that ancient humans may have been active in this area for a long time.
The Ma liang site is a settlement site from 4,000 years ago, where ten tombs have been excavated and there are many remnants of human life, stone tools, pottery and other daily necessities, as well as jade, talc and other decorative relics. The Gebserru site is dominated by tombs, stone remains, and a stone wall, which dates from 3600 to 2100 years ago, and is more abundant than the Mahao site, and some copper ornaments have been unearthed. The tombs at the Gebserru site are divided into two phases, the first of which is dominated by stone chamber tombs, and the second is dominated by earthen cave tombs. It is particularly noteworthy that the cultural relics of the Gebuserru site can already clearly see the economic life of human animal husbandry and hunting at that time.
The Dangxiong Cemetery further illustrates the cultural exchanges between Tibet and the Central Plains at that time. The Dangxiong Cemetery is a Tubo period cemetery, this tomb is a large tomb, unearthed stone Go, as well as lacquerware, textiles and other relics with the characteristics of the Central Plains culture, confirming that the Tibet region and the Central Plains region of the Tubo period of the economic and cultural exchanges are relatively close.
Archaeology in China is a major research project of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, mainly for the protection of some major archaeology and large sites, especially focusing on the origin of human beings, the origin of civilization, and the formation of Chinese civilization in China. The finalization of the Baling site of Liu Heng, the Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty, which attracted widespread attention last December, is also an important work progress in the Archaeological China Project.
Yangzi Evening News | Purple Cow News reporter Shen Zhao
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