On April 13, the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology released the excavation of the Taoyuan site in Linfen, Shanxi.
The pentagon-shaped house site in Yangshao period more than 5,000 years ago is an important discovery of this excavation.
The Taoyuan site is located at the junction of the southeast of Taoyuan Village in the south of Jiade Township, Yaodu District, Linfen City, Shanxi Province and the north of Sitou Village, Dengzhuang Town, Xiangfen County.
From July to the end of December 2016, Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, together with Shanxi University, Linfen Cultural Relics and Archaeology Workstation, Xiangfen County Culture and Tourism Bureau and other units, carried out a large-scale rescue excavation of the site.
The excavation found more than 300 ash pits and pits, 1 pottery kiln and 5 house sites in the Yangshao period, the Miaodigou culture, the Xiwangcun type, the Erlitou culture in the Xia and Shang periods, and the Dongxiafeng type in the Eastern Zhou period. There are 15 tombs, of which the Yangshao period is the most abundant.
A total of 3 pentagonal houses were found in this excavation, namely F1, F2 and F5.
From the archaeological discoveries in recent years, it can be seen that the pentagonal house site appeared frequently in the Yangshao period ruins.
(Reporter Wang Huilin video source Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology)
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]