A Neolithic site in Jiangsu tells new stories
10 months, 4 weeks ago

A Neolithic site in Jiangsu tells new stories

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A ritual object with a stone yue axe and two decorated parts found at the site. Similar artifacts have been found in the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, but the one from Sanxingcun is even older, says Institute of Archaeology researcher Li Xinwei. Carved bone boards with patterns of concentric circles and dotted lines found at the Sanxingcun site in Changzhou, Jiangsu province. "They're hard and solid, whereas most human bones found in the Yangtze's lower reaches from this time aren't," Li Moran says.

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China unveils new archaeological discoveries of Neolithic, Xia sites
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China unveils new archaeological discoveries of Neolithic, Xia sites

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A Neolithic site in Jiangsu tells new stories
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A Neolithic site in Jiangsu tells new stories

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A Neolithic site in Jiangsu tells new stories
10 months, 4 weeks ago

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China Daily  

Scholars check a human skeleton unearthed at the site. The latest discoveries at the Neolithic settlement of Sanxingcun in the Yangtze River's lower reaches were recently highlighted at the fifth Shanghai Archaeology Forum. The site, dating from 6,500 to 5,500 years ago, in what is today Jintan district in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, was found during the second national census of …

A Neolithic site in Jiangsu tells new stories
10 months, 4 weeks ago

A Neolithic site in Jiangsu tells new stories

China Daily  

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Millennia-old relics unearthed in Central China's Hunan
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A mountain of knowledge
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A mountain of knowledge

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