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The Excavation of a Neolithic site at Jingtoushan in Yuyao, Zhejiang

Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology; Ningbo Municipal Institute of Cultural Heritage Management; The Hemudu Site Museum of Yuyao City
Published/Copyright: November 15, 2022
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Chinese Archaeology
From the journal Chinese Archaeology Volume 22 Issue 1

Abstract

The Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and other authorities excavated the Jingtoushan site from 2019 to 2020, revealing various features such as ash pits, storage pits, red burnt soils, shell middens, and the loci of tool manufacture. Unearthed artifacts are made of pottery, stone, bone and antler, mussel, wood, and textile. In addition, a large number of faunal, floral, and minerals are also collected. The Jingtoushan site, dating between 8300 and 7800 BP, is the only prehistoric shell midden site discovered thus far in Zhejiang. It also has the oldest and deepest shell midden deposits along the coastal areas of China.

Keywords: Yuyao City of Zhejiang Province; Jingtoushan site; shell midden; Neolithic Age

Postscript

The original article 浙江余姚市井头山新石器时代遗址 prepared by Guoping Sun 孙国平, Shuwen Mei 梅术文, Xuejiao Lu 陆雪姣, Yonglei Wang 王永磊, Yunfei Zheng 郑云飞, and Weijin Huang 黄渭金, was published in Kaogu 考古 (Archaeology) 2021.7:3–26 with 51 figures and one table. The abbreviated English version, translated by Tao Li 李涛, has removed 13 figures and one table.

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Published Online: 2022-11-15
Published in Print: 2022-11-25

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https://doi.org/10.1515/char-2022-0001
Keywords for this article
Yuyao City of Zhejiang Province; Jingtoushan site; shell midden; Neolithic Age

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. New archaeological discoveries
  3. The Excavation of a Neolithic site at Jingtoushan in Yuyao, Zhejiang
  4. The Neolithic Shuanghuaishu site in Gongyi, Henan
  5. The Shang dynasty remains at the Guoyuanzui site in Lutai Mountain, Huangpi District, Wuhan
  6. The Western Zhou Yaoheyuan site in Pengyang County, Ningxia
  7. Tang remains from the Keyak Khduk Beacon site in Yuli County, Xinjiang
  8. The excavation of the 2018 Xuewei tomb No. 1 in Reshui cemetery, Dulan County, Qinghai
  9. Reports
  10. The 2016–2017 excavation of the bronze foundry zone at the Guanzhuang site, Xingyang, Henan
  11. The excavation of tomb M12 at Hujiacaochang cemetery in Jingzhou, Hubei
  12. The excavation of Liao dynasty tomb of Han Derang in Beizhen, Liaoning
  13. Research
  14. Research on prehistoric 凸-shaped house remains on the Loess Plateau
  15. The rise and fall of the Liangzhu society in the perspective of subsistence economy
  16. Boot-shaped antler artifacts and prehistoric leather production
  17. Archaeological culture, document texts, and the construction of early Wu Yue history
  18. Portable lodge from the fifth century BCE: a study of the tent of the Marquis Yi of Zeng
  19. Additional niches and architecture added in the Tang dynasty to the Vairocana niche in the Fengxian Temple at Longmen
  20. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of human and animal skeletal remains unearthed at Zengpiyan and Dayan sites in Guilin
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