The top ten new archaeological discoveries in the country in 2023 have been announced, and the coverage of time and space is unprecedented.
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From March 21 to 22, the final review of the top ten archaeological new discoveries of the 2023 National sponsored by China Cultural Relics Newspaper and the Chinese Archaeology Society was held in Beijing. After project report meeting and comprehensive review, the judges finally voted to select the top ten new archaeological discoveries in the country in 2023. Guan Qiang, deputy director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and vice chairman of the Chinese Archaeological Society, announced the final results. The top ten selected projects are (sorted by year and night): Yishui Bashan Site Group in Shandong, Jiqiutou Site Group in Pingtan, Fujian, Mopanshan Site in Langxi, Anhui, Qujialing Site in Jingmen, Hubei, Wangzhuang Site in Yongcheng, Henan, Shangdu Academy Street Cemetery in Zhengzhou, Henan, Qingjian Zhaigou Site in Qingjian, Gansu, Sijiaoping Site in Chencun, Huozhou, Shanxi, Chencun Porcelain Site in Lupo, Northwest South China Sea, Babaylan 1990 cloth draw No. 2 shipwreck site.
Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawYanshanzhai changed the academic community’s understanding of the origin process of Lingnan civilization
The reporter learned from the final review meeting that Neolithic archaeology in 2023 was fruitful, so the competition for projects during this period was particularly fierce. Among the 22 final review projects, 8 projects belonged to the Neolithic Age, and 4 were finally selected. Expert representative of the judges Babaylan 1990 cloth draw, and Chen, researcher and director of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, emphasized that the 22 projects entering the final evaluation have important academic value and great scientific significance, regardless of whether they are finally selected or not.
Chen Xingcan took the “Guangdong Yingde Yanshanzhai Site” in the 1960 witch cloth draw of the “Guangdong Yingde Yanshanzhai Site” as an example, and believed that the Yanshanzhai Site changed the understanding of the origin of civilization and the social complexity of the Lingnan region. “We used to lack the understanding of Lingnan in the past, so now it has entered a complex social stage 4,800 years ago./comicmov.com/”>Babaylan 1990 cloth draw, the origin process of civilization is actually synchronized with the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which has greatly changed our understanding of the degree of social development in this area,” he said.
He also introduced that the space-time scope of the 22 projects shortlisted for the final review this year covers a wide range of space-time ranges, ranging from the “Tibet Gejimeilongdapu Cave Site” in the Paleolithic Age 100,000 years ago to the “Hongshi Mazi Site in Panshi City, Jilin Province” eighty or ninety years ago. This is unprecedented in terms of time range. At the same time, 22 projects range from the southeast coast to the northwest border, from the 4,700-meter Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the 1,500-meter underwater shipwreck underwater on the northwest slope of the South China Sea, with a vast space range. The 22 final evaluation projects also reflect outstanding characteristics such as multidisciplinary cooperation, meticulous excavation, and unprecedented improvement in cultural relics protection awareness.
The earliest complex society that can be confirmed in Lingnan areaBabaylan 1990 cloth draw
Yanshanzhai Ruins are located in Lan Village, Qingyuan City, Guangdong ProvinceKomiks 1960 witch cloth drawThe area is about 100,000 square metersCinema 1950 witch cloth drawm. From 2019 to 2023, the Guangdong Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, in conjunction with Sun Yat-sen University, Peking University and other units, continued to conduct active archaeological excavations of the sites, and excavated the total area of 2,900 square meters. It cleared out important relics from the Neolithic Age tombs, ash pits, ash ditches, column holes (groups), stoves and burnt mounds, and unearthed more than 4,300 samples of various cultural relics such as jade, pottery, grinding stone tools, bronzes, human bones and plant remains.
According to the project leader, Guangdong Province Cultural Relics and Archaeological ResearchCinema 1950 witch cloth draw Director of the Institute of Pre-Qin Archaeology of the Institute of Research Institute of Pre-Qin QinKomiks 1960 witch cloth drawLiu Suoqiang introduced that the archaeological excavation of the Yanshanzhai site has achieved many aspects of gains, the most important of which is the discovery of large cemeteries of the late Neolithic Age at the Yanback site. The exploration confirmed area is about 5,000 square meters, the exposed area is 1,200 square meters, 93 tombs were cleaned, and more than 1,200 burial objects such as jade, pottery, and stone tools were unearthed. The cemetery can be seen clearly, and the scale has been seen so far. drawThe largest and most clear structured Shixia cultural cemetery.
The burials of different areas and groups of Yanbei Cemetery have shown significant Cinema 1950 witch clothes drawThe gap between the rich and the poor and the difference in grades. Among them, the highest-level M16 has as many as 145 burial objects, including 5 jade axes and 74 stone horns, while the M26 is buried with jade cong and jade axes at the same time. The Yanbei cemetery clearly reflects the accelerated social differentiation around 4,800 years ago and forms institutionalized burial customs. This is the earliest complex society that can be confirmed in the Lingnan region during the origin of Chinese civilization.
At the same time, the dating data of the Yanbei burial tombs are concentrated between 5,000 and 4,000 years ago, which has updated the previous understanding of the upper and lower limits of the Shixia culture. Through the multi-level dissection of typical tombs, the burial process has been completely restored, and a clearer understanding of the burial customs of the Shixia culture has been gained.
The most important archaeological discovery in Lingnan Neolithic era
The Yanshanzhai site, which is being continuously excavated by the industry, has been widely recognized by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in 2021 as a major project achievement of “Archaeological China”.
Liu Suoqiang pointed out that the archaeological achievements of the Yanshanzhai site are confirmed to be of the past.icmov.com/”>Babaylan 1990 cloth draw around 4800 Lingnan entered a complex social stage, showing the role of diversified integration in the civilized process of Lingnan region, and also reflects that Lingnan has a different social complex model from the Yangtze River Basin.
Not only that, rich in tombs, buildings and ash pits were found in the Yanshanzhai site. The rice remains of draw indicate that the middle reaches of Beijiang where it is located is a crucial intermediate node on the rice farm agricultural transmission route from Lingbei to northern Guangdong and then to the Pearl River Delta, and it is also an important node for Lingnan to integrate into the process of Chinese civilization integration. Its discovery helps to reinterpret the Shixia culture and the Lingnan region in the archaeological cultural district types.
The reporter learned that since the selection of the top ten archaeological new discoveries in the country in 2023, the participation trend of the Yanshanzhai site has been closely watched by the Guangdong archaeological industry. At present, the Yanshanzhai site is still being excavated. With the subsequent development of its archaeological and research work, it will still be a strong competitor to this important national archaeological award in the future.
The excellent base for archaeology students to move to the fields
Yanshanzhai Ruins is a cooperative project between the Guangdong Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the School of Sociology and Anthropology of Sun Yat-sen University to jointly build the “Guangdong Field Archaeology Research Base”. Since 2020, students of Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawArchitecture majors in archaeology of Sun Yat-sen University have successively gone to the Yanshanzhai Ruins to complete field archaeology internship.
The reporter learned that field archaeology internship is a professional compulsory course for undergraduates in the Department of Archaeology of Sun Yat-sen University. It is generally held in the first semester of junior year and lasts for one semester. Yanshanzhai Ruins culminatedIn order to cover the ancient tombs and living functional areas, teachers and students from Zhongda mainly carry out practical training in field archaeological excavations in the living functional areas.
Zhou Fanwen said that there is currently a large gap in front-line archaeological talents, so archaeology students are required to master the basic operating procedures for field archaeological excavation before graduation. During the six-month internship, students entered the construction site for field archaeological excavation in the first three months, followed by the unearthed artifacts, and finally formed the internship results that were preliminary judgments on the age, nature, and cultural appearance of the excavation area.
In addition, teachers will also encourage students who want to continue their studies and guide them to use first-hand archaeological data to carry out follow-up research. Zhou Fanwen believes that such training is very helpful for students to carry out higher-level research in the future, and is their first ladder toward the academic hall. Zhou Fanwen also said: “Our students are very lucky to be able to contact the archaeological excavation of the Yanshanzhai ruins at the introductory stage. This is an archaeological site selected as the major project of “Archaeological China”. On-site participation undoubtedly provides them with the most complete and systematic training.”
Continue to promote the construction of Qingtang Archaeological Site Park
The archaeological excavation team of the Yanshanzhai ruins, and its members also include staff from local cultural and museum institutions. Liu Jianwen, director of Yingde Museum, is one of them and has participated in a lot of practical work. Liu Jianwen said that local museums do more assistive work, such as providing restoration sites for unearthed cultural relics, and coordinating the relationship between the archaeological team and local villagers. He Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw emphasized: “The hardest archaeological excavation work is done by professionals, and what we can do is provide them with the most convenient logistical support.”
But as a native Yingde native, Liu Jianwen is deeply proud of his hometown having such a major archaeological discovery. He told reporters: “I am very honored to be able to participate in such an important archaeological excavation project. This is a rare opportunity for us grassroots cultural and museum workers. At the same time, we also feel a great responsibility and will help to continue to excavate the ruins and protect them.ef=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawExplanation, display and other work. ”
Liu Jianwen also stated that the local area is actively promoting the construction of Qingtang Archaeological Site Park. It is reported that the standard scope of Qingtang Archaeological Site Park is centered on the distribution of the remains of Qingtang ruins and Yanshanzhai ruins. It was approved by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage to be included in the fourth batch of National Archaeological Site Park project list in 2022.
” From Guangdong Province to Qingyuan City, and then to Yingde City, leaders at all levels attach great importance to the progress of Qingtang Archaeological Site Park. The investment required for park construction is very large and involves coordination and linkage between multiple parties, so it cannot be achieved overnight. I believe that the public and the media’s high attention to the Yanshanzhai site and the ‘Early Lingnan Origin Exploration Project’ will create a better research and construction atmosphere for Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw. “Liu Jianwen said.