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The Shimao Site in Shenmu County, Shaanxi

Published/Copyright: June 16, 2015
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Chinese Archaeology
From the journal Chinese Archaeology Volume 14 Issue 1

Abstract

In Shimao Site, stone city walls, city gates, watchtowers, corner towers and auxiliary structures similar to “bastions” are found. The city site comprised the “Imperial City Terrace”, the inner city and the outer city, the general area of which would be larger than 400ha. The eastern gate of the outer city consisting of the inner and outer barbicans, stone-lined rammed earth gate body, the guardhouses, and so on had huge scale, complex structure and advanced construction technique, and yielded jade spades, jade huang-semicircular pendant, murals, stone sculptures and potteries and other important artifacts of the late Longshan Age to the Xia Dynasty. Shimao Site is the largest city site of the Longshan Age to the Xia Dynasty known to date, which provided brand-new materials for the research on the origin of Chinese Civilization and is very meaningful for understanding the pattern of the early civilizations in China under the framework of “ancient culture, ancient city and ancient state”.

Keywords: Cities-Neolithic Age; Longshan Culture; Shimao Site (Shenmu County; Shaanxi); Xia Dynasty
Published Online: 2015-6-16
Published in Print: 2014-11-17

© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Contents
  3. New archaeological discoveries
  4. Neolithic Shunshanji Site in Sihong County, Jiangsu
  5. The excavation of the Neolithic site at Hamin Mangha in Horqin Left Middle Banner, Inner Mongolia in 2011
  6. The Shimao Site in Shenmu County, Shaanxi
  7. The Aduun Chuluu Site and Cemetery of early Bronze Age in Wenquan (Arixang) County, Xinjiang
  8. The tomb of the Spring-and-Autumn Period at Jiwang Gu in Yishui County, Shandong
  9. The Buddhist sculpture hoard at Bei Wuzhuang in the Ye City Site, Hebei Province
  10. The excavation of the Hailong Tun site in Zunyi City, Guizhou in 2012
  11. Feature
  12. The Excavation of the tomb of Bai, Lord of the Zhongli State
  13. Reports
  14. The excavation of the Qihe Cave prehistoric remains in Zhangping City, Fujian
  15. The ceremonial mound of Longshan Culture at Yuhui Village in Bengbu City, Anhui
  16. The excavation at Liujiazhuang Locus North at Yinxu Site in Anyang City, Henan in 2010–2011
  17. The excavation of the pottery workshop site at Liujiazhuang Locus North of Yinxu in Anyang City, Henan
  18. The excavation of the Shigudun Site in Tongling County, Anhui
  19. A Western Zhou tomb at Shigushan in Baoji, Shaanxi
  20. The ancient bridges over the Jue River near the Han Chang’an City
  21. The archaeological exploration on the early settlements of nomadic cultures in Tibet
  22. The relationship between the Shang and the ethnic groups on the Northern Frontiers as reflected in the northern-style bronzes unearthed in Yinxu Site
  23. A discussion on the identity of the stone human figures unearthed at the Jinsha Site
  24. Study on the etched carnelian beads unearthed in China
  25. On the greenish-blue glazed pottery jug unearthed from the Eastern Han tombs at Liaowei in Hepu County, Guangxi
  26. Reexamination of the domestic chicken in ancient China
  27. Research on the white pottery, stamped hard pottery, and proto- porcelains unearthed at Erlitou
https://doi.org/10.1515/char-2014-0003
Keywords for this article
Cities-Neolithic Age; Longshan Culture; Shimao Site (Shenmu County; Shaanxi); Xia Dynasty

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Contents
  3. New archaeological discoveries
  4. Neolithic Shunshanji Site in Sihong County, Jiangsu
  5. The excavation of the Neolithic site at Hamin Mangha in Horqin Left Middle Banner, Inner Mongolia in 2011
  6. The Shimao Site in Shenmu County, Shaanxi
  7. The Aduun Chuluu Site and Cemetery of early Bronze Age in Wenquan (Arixang) County, Xinjiang
  8. The tomb of the Spring-and-Autumn Period at Jiwang Gu in Yishui County, Shandong
  9. The Buddhist sculpture hoard at Bei Wuzhuang in the Ye City Site, Hebei Province
  10. The excavation of the Hailong Tun site in Zunyi City, Guizhou in 2012
  11. Feature
  12. The Excavation of the tomb of Bai, Lord of the Zhongli State
  13. Reports
  14. The excavation of the Qihe Cave prehistoric remains in Zhangping City, Fujian
  15. The ceremonial mound of Longshan Culture at Yuhui Village in Bengbu City, Anhui
  16. The excavation at Liujiazhuang Locus North at Yinxu Site in Anyang City, Henan in 2010–2011
  17. The excavation of the pottery workshop site at Liujiazhuang Locus North of Yinxu in Anyang City, Henan
  18. The excavation of the Shigudun Site in Tongling County, Anhui
  19. A Western Zhou tomb at Shigushan in Baoji, Shaanxi
  20. The ancient bridges over the Jue River near the Han Chang’an City
  21. The archaeological exploration on the early settlements of nomadic cultures in Tibet
  22. The relationship between the Shang and the ethnic groups on the Northern Frontiers as reflected in the northern-style bronzes unearthed in Yinxu Site
  23. A discussion on the identity of the stone human figures unearthed at the Jinsha Site
  24. Study on the etched carnelian beads unearthed in China
  25. On the greenish-blue glazed pottery jug unearthed from the Eastern Han tombs at Liaowei in Hepu County, Guangxi
  26. Reexamination of the domestic chicken in ancient China
  27. Research on the white pottery, stamped hard pottery, and proto- porcelains unearthed at Erlitou
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