China News Service, Ulanqab, November 7 (Reporter Li Aiping) On the 7th, the reporter learned from the Cultural Relics Management Office of the Cultural and Tourism Bureau of Chayou Middle Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region that recently, archaeologists discovered a new Neolithic site in the local area. Archaeologists preliminarily confirmed that the site is a typical remains of the middle and late Yangshao culture.
The newly discovered site is located in Kulun Sumu, Chayou Middle Banner. There are a large number of choppers, stone grinding boards, stone knives, stone axes, stone sickles and stone arrows on the surface of the site. Some stone tools are relatively complete, and there are also some shell ornaments. and pottery.
Pictured is the site of the ruins.
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of Chayou Middle Banner, Ulanqab City
According to Liu Xuefeng, director of the Cultural Relics Management Office of the Culture and Tourism Bureau of Chayou Middle Banner, experts initially confirmed that the site is a Neolithic relic of the Miaodigou type of Yangshao Culture more than 6,000 years ago.
Liu Xuefeng said that these new discoveries provide a wealth of archaeological data for studying the distribution of Neolithic cultural relics in central Inner Mongolia and exploring different local types of Yangshao culture.
Pictured is the site of the ruins.
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of Chayou Middle Banner, Ulanqab City
The Yangshao Culture existed from 4500 BC to 7000 BC, and is one of the important sources of Chinese civilization.
Experts preliminarily infer that the discovery of the Neolithic remains of Kulunsumu in Chayouzhong Banner is of great significance for exploring the historical context of the origin, formation, and development of regional civilizations, as well as the process of integrating into the diverse and integrated pattern of Chinese civilization.
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