Chinese Archaeologists Find Historical Sites Dating Bank to Thousands of YearsBeijing, 11 Mar (ONA) — Archaeologists have recently discovered
multiple Hongshan culture sites in the city of Lingyuan, northeast
China’s Liaoning Province.
According to the Liaoning provincial institute of cultural relics
and archaeology, through sample collection and analysis, these
findings provide new evidence of the evolutionary process of Hongshan
culture, as the recently found sites are located in the Wubaiding
site complex, where archaeologists from the institute have conducted
a systematic archaeological survey covering approximately 285,000
square meters.
During this survey, archaeologists collected pottery shards and
stone artifacts from various periods and found a total of 53 sites,
including 38 cultural remnants ranging from the Neolithic to the
Bronze Age.
Yu Huaishi, a researcher from the institute said that “this
archaeological survey provides key coordinates for exploring
settlement sites that evolved in coordination with the core area of
Hongshan culture.”
Hongshan culture is an important prehistoric archaeological culture
dating back roughly 5,000 to 6,000 years. Its distribution covers
three regions located in the west of Liaoning Province, the north of
Hebei Province and the east of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Among these, Liaoning is the core area in terms of Hongshan culture
distribution and the focal region for studying this culture.— Ends/Khalid