The Huangshan Neolithic site in Nanyang, Henan
Abstract
The Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology, in conjunction with the Nanyang Municipal Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology, carried out excavations across an area of 2400m2 at the Huangshan site in Nanyang City from May 2018 to January 2022. The site spans various cultural periods, ranging from the Yangshao and Qujialing to Shijiahe cultures. The excavation uncovered a wide variety of structures and artifacts, including one dock, one section of a canal, 48 houses and stone/jade workshops, 157 tombs, eight sacrificial pits, and more than 140 urn burials. As many as 45,000 jade/stone artifacts was also unearthed. These findings confirm that Huangshan was a core settlement bounded by waterways and specialized in large-scale production of stone/jade objects. The excavation also revealed natural transportation waterways connecting the site to the well-known jade quarry of Dushan Mountain. This significant discovery fills a gap in current understandings of Neolithic jade production sites in the Central Plains and middle Yangtze River region.
Postscript
The original article 河南南阳市黄山新石器时代遗址 prepared by Juncai Ma 马俊才, Haitao Yan 闫海涛, Fengjian Wang 王凤剑, Xiao Ren 任潇, Xiaobo Feng 冯晓波, Mingzhe Zhang 张明哲, Yonggang Cheng 程永刚, was published in Kaogu 考古 (Archaeology) 2022.10:3–28 with 62 figures and four notes. This abbreviated English version, translated by Edward Allen 安达, has removed 14 figures and the notes.
Further readings
Nanyang Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 南阳市文物考古研究所. 2020. Dushan yu wenming zhi guang: Nanyang Huangshan yizhi Dushan yu zhipin diaocha baogao 独山玉文明之光—南阳黄山遗址独山玉制品调查报告 (The light of Dushan jade civilization: Investigation on Dushan jade artifacts at the Huangshan site in Nanyang). Zhengzhou: Zhongzhou guji chubanshe.Search in Google Scholar
Nanyang Normal University Dushan Jade Culture Research Center 南阳师范学院独山玉文化研究中心. 2008. 南阳黄山遗址独山玉制品调查简报 (Investigation on Dushan jade artifacts at the Huangshan site in Nanyang). Zhongyuan wenwu 中原文物 (Cultural relics of Central China) 5:4–9.Search in Google Scholar
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- New archaeological discoveries
- The Piluo Paleolithic site in Daocheng, Sichuan
- The Huangshan Neolithic site in Nanyang, Henan
- The sacrificial area at the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan
- The Guozishan Warring States tomb M1 in Zhangshu, Jiangxi
- The 2021 excavation on the Zhengjiahu cemetery in Yunmeng, Hubei
- Tang dynasty Tuyuhun royal tombs in Wuwei, Gansu
- Reports
- The excavation of M793 at Liujiazhuang North in Yinxu, Anyang, Henan
- The 2015–2019 excavation of the bronze foundry site at the Huanbei Shang City in Anyang, Henan
- Research
- The Lushanmao site and the formation of the Xitu type architectural tradition
- Archaeological observations on agro-pastoralist integration in south-central Inner Mongolia during the Eastern Zhou
- On crescent-shaped objects of the early Bronze Age in southern Siberia and the surrounding areas
- Further discussion on the origins of horse stirrups
- Research on the pottery decorations and manufacturing techniques of the Houtaomuga Phase I culture
- Scientific examination and study of the Qijia culture bronze artifacts from Mogou site in Lintan, Gansu
