On December 26th, 2021, the top ten important archaeological discoveries in Zhejiang were announced in Hangzhou.
The reporter was informed that the top ten important discoveries were the Huangjiatai site in Shengsi, Zhoushan, the Beicun site in Pingyao, Yuhang, the small ancient city site in Jingshan, the first phase cemetery of Lanting Wildlife Park in Shaoxing, the Maoshan cemetery in Xiaofeng, Anji, the Tiaotou site in Yuhang, Hangzhou, Xindeng ancient city site in Fuyang, Hangzhou, Zicheng site in Wenzhou, Hukengji site in Cicheng, Ningbo, and Lu ‘ao site in Zhenhai, Ningbo.
It is understood that the main times represented by these archaeological discoveries cover Liangzhu culture, Shang Dynasty, Han and Six Dynasties, Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Five Dynasties, and the late Hemudu culture. Among them, the Huangjiatai site in Shengsi is the first dune site excavated by archaeology in our province, and it traces the history of human settlement and island development of Sijiao Island back nearly 5,000 years; The high-rise buildings of Shang Dynasty in the site of Jingxiao Ancient City were discovered for the first time in China, which refreshed the academic circles’ cognition of the architectural history of Shang and Zhou Dynasties in southern China.
Since Shi Xin, a native of Liangzhu, Yuhang, presided over the formal field archaeological excavation of Liangzhu site, Zhejiang archaeology has been deeply cultivated for more than 80 years. From a thousand years of mountain climbing to a thousand years of song rhyme, Zhejiang archaeology can be described as fruitful. Liu Bin, president of Zhejiang Archaeological Society, said that these ten archaeological discoveries basically reflected the importance of archaeological work in Zhejiang Province in 2021. Next, the archaeological work in our province will continue to pay attention to the construction of Zhejiang’s great history, and increase the publicity and utilization of the concept of protection of great sites and cultural heritage. (Reporter Li Jiao Yan Zheng Mengying)