The Shicheng site in Houchengzui, discovered in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, is the highest grade and largest Longshan Times Shicheng site found in Inner Mongolia, Sun Jinsong, president of the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, said here on Monday. Two of the earliest underground passages in prehistoric times were first discovered here, adding empirical evidence to the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.
On September 16, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China held a press conference to introduce the progress of major archaeological China projects, including the Shicheng Site in Houchengzui, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, Bichen Site in Xingxian County, Shanxi Province, Erlitou Site in Yanshi, Henan Province, and Shangdu Shuyuan Street in Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
According to Sun Jinsong, the Shicheng site, located in Qingshuihe County, Hohhot City, is the only project implemented in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the project of “Archaeological China- -prehistoric settlement and social research in the Hetao Region”. The excavation work began in May 2019.
Archaeological department said, so far, the site has been excavated more than 4000 square meters, unearthed jade, pottery, stone, bone and other important relics more than 30 pieces, basic recovery after the city Tsui stone gates and urn structure layout, has been clear about the city Tsui stone straight into the main gate structure and shape into the city, both the central plains city and northern city double cultural factors.
It is worth mentioning that it also first discovered two of the earliest underground passages in the prehistoric period, adding empirical evidence to the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.
“After the city Tsui stone city has more new discovery”, Sun Jinsong told reporters that the stone city straight into the main gate structure and two li gang culture wangjing tower site, yanshi mall west three sites, xia store lower culture in Liaoning north ticket gate site structure is similar, and with the same period in the same period of the lower tower curved ruler structure has obvious differences, but its ruler structure and the path of stone into the city is similar.
“The adobe platform found in the urn of the site is the first found in the region, its architectural characteristics and yangshao culture green site, Liangzhu culture, Qujialing culture, HouGang phase II culture adobe characteristics similar; wide crotch li, collect mouth urn and local Yongxing shop culture and tiger mountain culture characteristics, Shaanxi Mao site, Shanxi invited site pottery, trenches unearthed for sacrifice pig jaw bones, jade shovel and pig jaw bones, jade shovel work, jade base, jade knife unearthed in the family culture, the erlitou culture jade characteristics similar…” Sun Jinsong said.(intact)