From May 1 to 5, the final review of the top ten archaeological new discoveries in the country will be held online in 2019. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the final review meeting of the top ten archaeological new discoveries in the country was held in the form of an online conference for the first time and was broadcast live on the new media client. After 4-day demonstration and report of the 20 projects shortlisted for the final evaluation, on the afternoon of May 5, the jury committee selected the top ten new archaeological discoveries in the country in 2019 through evaluation and voting.
Shaanxi Zhengjiangedong Paleolithic cave site
Hailongjiang Raohe Xiaonanshan site
Shaanxi Shenmu Shimao site Huangchengtai
Heiyang Pingliangtai city site
Henan Jiangxian Xiwubi site
Shaanxi Dunhuang Hanxia Yumin site
Huizhou Zao Shulin Spring and Autumn Zengguo Non-King cemetery
Xinjiang Qitai Shichengzi site
Qilanyu site in WulanquangouTubo, Qinghai WulanquangouTubo Period mural tomb
Guangdong "Nanhai I" Southern Song Underwater archaeological excavation project of shipwreck
South Zheng Jiangedong Paleolithic cave site, Shaanxi
excavation unit: Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology , Institute of Vertebrate Paleoanthropology and Paleoanthropology of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing University Project leader: Wangshejiang
Stratigraphic accumulation (west-east)
South Zheng Jiangedong site is a late Paleolithic ruin. Due to the serious safety hazards of the site, from 2018 to 2019, with the approval of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, rescue archaeological excavations were carried out. In the 27 square meters of excavation area, relics such as human activity surfaces, stone processing points, fire pits, etc. were found, and more than 10,000 human fossils, stone products, burn bones, animal fossils and other relics were unearthed. A series of important discoveries are of great value for studying the physical characteristics, living modes, behavioral modes, stone industry appearance, cultural development and evolution process and environmental background of the late Paleolithic Age in the Qinling region.
Heilongjiang Raohe Xiaonanshan Site
Excavation unit: Heilongjiang Provincial Cultural Relics Archaeological Research Institute, Raohe County Cultural Relics Management Institute Project leader: Li Youqian
2019 tomb unearthed jade artifacts
0 Little Nanshan Site is located on the left bank of the Ussuri River in Raohe County, Heilongjiang Province, with a total area of more than 400,000 square meters. From 2015 to 2017 and 2019, Heilongjiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Raohe County Cultural Relics Management Institute continued to excavate, with a total disclosed area of 1,600 square meters, five new cultural relics from different periods were confirmed, and the earliest evidence of systematic use of jade in East Asia was discovered. This archaeological discovery greatly deepened the understanding of the cultural connotation of the Xiaonanshan site, and provided precious information for studying the evolution of tomb shapes and cultural sequences in the early Neolithic era of the Ussuri River Basin; the discovery of a large number of jade artifacts such as jade rings has added important information for studying the origin and dissemination of my country's jade culture. Shaanxi Shenmu Shimao Ruins Huangchengtai
Excavation unit: Shaanxi Provincial Archaeology Research Institute, Yulin City Cultural Relics and Archaeological Exploration Team, Shenmu City Shimao Ruins Management Office Project Leader: Sun Zhouyong
Huangchengtai Work Area
Shimao Ruins is located in Gaojiabao Town, Shenmu City, Shaanxi Province, located on the southern edge of Mu Us in the northern part of the Loess Plateau. At present, stone walls composed of Huangchengtai, inner city and outer city have been discovered. The city area exceeds 4 million square meters, making it the largest prehistoric city site discovered in China. Among them, the Imperial City Platform is the core area of the Shimao site. Nine years of systematic archaeological work shows that the Imperial City Platform may have the nature of an early "palace city". It is currently the best preserved and largest early palace building in East Asia, showing the ultimate glory of a mysterious kingdom capital on the Loess Plateau. Archaeological achievements of the Shimao site are constantly refreshing the academic community's understanding of early Chinese civilization. Henan Huaiyang Pingliangtai City Site
Excavation unit: Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Peking University School of Archaeology and Arts
Project leader: Qinling, Cao Yanpeng
City Site Layout diagram
Pingliangtai City Site is located in Dazhuzhuang Village, Dalian Township, , Huaiyang District, Henan Province, and is an important proof of Chinese prehistoric civilization 4,000 years ago.The site is square in a regular and symmetrical in the internal central axis, which is of milestone significance in the history of urban development. The city gate and the many pottery water pipe drainage facilities found in the city provide important clues for studying the development of water resources management systems in early cities. As the regional social center of in the eastern region of Henan, various remains unearthed from Pingliangtai Ancient City show the geographical advantages and cultural characteristics of the Longshan culture in the Central Plains from different levels, and are a concentrated reflection of the intersection and integration of regional civilizations in the late Neolithic Age. Xiwubi site in Jiang County, Shanxi
excavation unit: China National Museum , Shanxi Provincial Archaeology Research Institute, Yuncheng Cultural Relics Protection Institute Project Leader: Dai Xiangming
Charcoal kiln from the Erlitou period
Xiwubi site is located in the south of Xiwubi village in Gujiang Town, Jiang County, Shanxi, with an area of 1.1 million square meters. It also contains the remains of Yangshao, Miaodigou Phase II, Longshan, Erlitou, Erlitou and Zhou, Han, and Song dynasties. The site presents a large-scale and highly specialized copper smelting workshop, which provides precious physical materials for in-depth exploration of early copper smelting handicraft technology and production methods, and even explores the relationship between the rise of the Xia and Shang dynasties and the control, development and utilization of copper, which is of great academic significance. The copper smelting relics and relics discovered are the early and large-scale copper smelting handicraft relics in the Central Plains region, filling the gap in China's bronze industry chain. Gansu Dunhuang Hanxia Jade Mine Site
Excavation unit: Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology Project leader: Chen Guoke
Dunhuang Hanxia Jade Mine Site Unearthed Gobi material
Hanxia Jade Mine Site is located in the back mountain of Sanwei Mountain in the southeast of Dunhuang City . The site area is about 3 square kilometers. In 2019, the excavation area was 300 square meters, and 12 places including house sites, mines, and guard posts were cleared, including 1 stone-built house site and 5 semi-underground house sites. The early days were the Xichengyi culture and Qijia culture relics. The carbon 14 dating date was 4,000 to 3,700 years ago. The late days were the marshal culture relics, which were earlier than the marshal culture relics of the marshal Jade Mine in Jingbaoer Grassland. A series of evidence shows that the tremolite jade material from Gansu has entered the east and surrounding areas early, and has played a unique role in the formation of a diverse and integrated Chinese civilization. Zhou Shulin Spring and Autumn Zengguo Noble Cemetery in Suizhou, Hubei
Excavation unit: Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Peking University Archaeology and Arts College, Suizhou Museum , Zengdu District Archaeology Team Project Leader: Guo Changjiang
(Madam Zeng Fishing) Copper Etiquette Combination Photo
Zhou Shulin Cemetery is located in Wenfeng Community, Dongcheng Office, Suizhou City, Hubei Province. Its Wenfeng Tower Cemetery has been excavated in recent years, both belong to Yidigang tomb group, and is a Zengguo noble tomb group from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the mid-Warring States Period. The cemetery can be divided into 5 large "A"-shaped tombs, 19 medium-sized tombs, and 62 small tombs, all of which are east-west. The Zao Shulin Cemetery made up for the shortage of Zeng State in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, constructed the most complete materials and the most important cultural sequence of archaeological excavations in the Zhou Dynasty of China, and constructed a yardstick for bronze culture in the Jianghan region, which is of great significance in the archaeological field of Zeng State and even the two weeks. Shichengzi Ruins in Qitai, Xinjiang
Excavation unit: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology: Tian Xiaohong
Northwest Residential Site (from south to north)
Shichengzi Ruins are located in the hilly area near Magouliang Village, Banjiegou Town, Qitai County. The ancient city is built on the cliff, with high in the north and low in the south, with large fluctuations. Exposed rocks can also be seen on some surfaces. Its plane is approximately rectangular, with a total area of about 110,000 square meters. The Shichengzi site is a historical witness to the effective governance and jurisdiction of the Western Regions of the Central Plains dynasty of the Han Dynasty. Its archaeological achievements have important historical value and practical significance for explaining that Xinjiang has been an inalienable part of China's territory since the Han Dynasty, the exchange and integration of the cultures of various ethnic groups in Xinjiang and the Central Plains culture, and are closely connected, and for promoting the historical and cultural construction of the core area of the "Belt and Road". Qinghai Wulan Quangou Tubo period mural tomb
excavation unit: Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Project leader of the Haixi Prefecture Ethnic Museum in Qinghai Province: Wang Peng
Inlaid turquoise four-curved finger Jinbei
Quangou cemetery is located in the valley area around Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province Ulan County 2 kilometers east of Hedong Village, Xiligou Town, Xiligou Town, and is distributed in the valley area around Quangou. Based on the characteristics of the unearthed objects and the style of the mural content, it can be inferred that the tomb was in the Tubo period, during which Tubo had occupied the Qinghai region. The rich accumulation of wealth and civilization development during the Tubo rule, as well as the continuous cultural inputs from the Tang Dynasty and Central Asia, had an important influence on the formation of multi-ethnic culture in Qinghai. The discovery of this tomb has great academic value for exploring the process of the integration of ancient Han-Tibetan cultures and the grand cultural exchanges of the Qinghai Silk Road. Guangdong "Nanhai I" Southern Song shipwreck Underwater archaeology excavation project
Excavation unit: Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection Center of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage: Sun Jian, Cui Yong
2019 The ship cargo cleaning is completed and then the post-processing is done. The positive image after removing the steel beams and steel pipes supporting the caisson and hull
"Nanhai I" Southern Song shipwreck underwater archaeology excavation project is another important achievement of underwater archaeology in my country. In terms of archaeological excavation techniques, there are more difficulties and innovations than in the past underwater archaeology. It is more important to discover cultural relics in a larger scale and more important way. It is also the oldest ancient shipwreck discovered in the waters of China. Its hull is well preserved, and more than 140,000 cultural relics have been unearthed. The discovery and salvage and excavation of "Nanhai I" took nearly 30 years and is also a microcosm of the protection and development of underwater cultural heritage in my country, witnessing the development process of my country's underwater archaeology disciplines from nothing to something, and then to a mature and powerful underwater archaeology discipline.
Source: State Administration of Cultural Relics China Cultural Relics Newspaper People's Daily People's Daily
