The excavation of Zone III of the Xiaonanshan site in Raohe County, Heilongjiang Province in 2015
Abstract
In 2015, the Heilongjiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology excavated at Xiaonanshan site on the bank of Ussuri River in southeast Raohe County, Heilongjiang Province. The excavation was conducted in three zones, with nine Neolithic burials recovered in Zone III. Most burials were in northeast-southwest orientation and consisted of two parts: a cairn above ground, and a grave below the cairn. Pottery wares, lithic tools, and jades were unearthed from these burials. The cultural remains represented by these eight early phase burials are the first of their kind discovered in China and represent a new archaeological culture: the Xiaonanshan culture. The 14C data of this culture provided dates of 7,890±30 BP and 8,150±30 BP, preceding Xinkailiu culture. This excavation has filled a blank on early Neolithic cultures in eastern Heilongjiang and provided new materials for the studies on the origination and diffusion of the jade culture in East Asia.
Postscript
The original report published in Kaogu 考古 (Archaeology) 2019.8:3–20 with 43 illustrations is authored by Youqian Li 李有骞 and Yongcai Yang 杨永才. This abridged version is translated into English by Edward Allen 安达.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- New archaeological discoveries
- The Qingtang site in Yingde City, Guangdong Province
- The Wangjiabang cemetery of the Chenghe site of the Neolithic Age in Shayang County, Hubei Province
- The Lushanmao site of the Neolithic Age in Yan’an City, Shaanxi Province
- The Liujiawa site of the Rui state of the Eastern Zhou in Chengcheng County, Shaanxi Province
- The Chengba site in Quxian County, Sichuan Province
- The Taizicheng city site of the Jin dynasty in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province
- Reports
- The excavation of Zone III of the Xiaonanshan site in Raohe County, Heilongjiang Province in 2015
- The excavation of tomb M2158 at the Hengshui cemetery of the Western Zhou dynasty in Jiangxian County, Shanxi Province
- The excavation of a Buddhist temple complex of the Qocho Uyghur kingdom in the middle of the west zone of the Tuyoq caves in Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
- Research
- On cupstones in South China
- Study on the burial practice of tomb M13 of the Yangshao culture at Baligang site in Dengzhou City
- On the source “composition” of the bronze vessels in the burials of the Yinxu site
- Shang dynasty bronzes and society in southern China: an illustration of complexity and diversity
- The unearthed bronze coin molds and the evolution of coin technology in the Warring States period and Qin-Han dynasties
- The “bowl-shaped” bloomeries of Pingnan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the origins of “bowl-shaped” bloomery in China
- On the early lokapāla statues in the Buddhist sculptures unearthed in Chengdu
- The Shangjing norm of the Liao dynasty and the Dongjing mode of the Northern Song dynasty
- Identification of domestic chicken bones in archaeological sites
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- New archaeological discoveries
- The Qingtang site in Yingde City, Guangdong Province
- The Wangjiabang cemetery of the Chenghe site of the Neolithic Age in Shayang County, Hubei Province
- The Lushanmao site of the Neolithic Age in Yan’an City, Shaanxi Province
- The Liujiawa site of the Rui state of the Eastern Zhou in Chengcheng County, Shaanxi Province
- The Chengba site in Quxian County, Sichuan Province
- The Taizicheng city site of the Jin dynasty in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province
- Reports
- The excavation of Zone III of the Xiaonanshan site in Raohe County, Heilongjiang Province in 2015
- The excavation of tomb M2158 at the Hengshui cemetery of the Western Zhou dynasty in Jiangxian County, Shanxi Province
- The excavation of a Buddhist temple complex of the Qocho Uyghur kingdom in the middle of the west zone of the Tuyoq caves in Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
- Research
- On cupstones in South China
- Study on the burial practice of tomb M13 of the Yangshao culture at Baligang site in Dengzhou City
- On the source “composition” of the bronze vessels in the burials of the Yinxu site
- Shang dynasty bronzes and society in southern China: an illustration of complexity and diversity
- The unearthed bronze coin molds and the evolution of coin technology in the Warring States period and Qin-Han dynasties
- The “bowl-shaped” bloomeries of Pingnan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the origins of “bowl-shaped” bloomery in China
- On the early lokapāla statues in the Buddhist sculptures unearthed in Chengdu
- The Shangjing norm of the Liao dynasty and the Dongjing mode of the Northern Song dynasty
- Identification of domestic chicken bones in archaeological sites
