ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND ANCIENT CITY SITE IN CHINA’S HENAN

Sat 18 December 2021:

In central China’s Henan Province, a city site dating from the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.) has been discovered, with more than two dozen tombs and a significant number of artifacts recently excavated.

According to China’s Xinhua news agency, the site, located in the Taojiaying village, Anyang city, covers an area of 560 meters (1,837 feet) from east to west and 330 meters (1,082 feet) from north to south.

A city site dating back to the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.) has been found in central China’s Henan Province, with 27 tombs and 172 pieces of various items excavated so far. pic.twitter.com/kLrHA68PnF

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The remains of a city gate were recently discovered at the Yanshi ruins from the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.) in central China’s Henan Province. Check out what it looks like pic.twitter.com/B8LFJM8ziE

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Archaeologists have unearthed 27 tombs and 172 pieces of various items at the site, including pieces of bronzeware, weaponry, and tools, as well as pottery, jadeware, and bone artifacts.

In addition to the burial area, a living and production area was discovered at the city site, where kilns, wells and pits were unearthed.

To the east of the site, archaeologists also found a ring trench with a length of approximately 330 meters from north to south and a width of approximately 300 meters from east to west, indicating the defensive nature of the site.

Clear functional zoning within the site indicates the high standard of the city. The discovery is of great archaeological value to the study of culture during the Shang Dynasty, Kong said.

“Based on the distribution of the site and unearthed items, it was an important city of the middle Shang Dynasty,” Kong Deming, the director of the Anyang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

Kong underlined that the discovery is important for archaeological studies on the Shang Dynasty culture.

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