Dadiwan
The Dadiwan site ( Chinese 大地 灣 文化 / 大地 湾 遗址 , Pinyin Dàdìwān yízhǐ , English Dadiwan Site / Ta-ti-wan Site ) is a site dating from 5800–3000 BC. Chr. Dated Neolithic archaeological site in the north of the circle Qin'an the Chinese province of Gansu . It was excavated from 1978–1983. The Dadiwan Culture (Dàdìwān wénhuà 大地 湾 文化 Dadiwan Culture) is named after this site.
The site plays the main role in understanding the succession of the various Neolithic cultures along the upper Huang He (Yellow River) and their mutual relationships.
280 foundations and a large number of storage caves, clay kilns and graves were discovered. In addition to historical relics of the Yangshao culture of the Banpo and Miaodigou types, as well as the Majiayao culture , the Dadiwan-I culture (Dàdìwān yīqī wénhuà 大地 湾 一 engl 文化; English Ta-ti-wan I) were also found in it. discovered an earlier culture than the Banpo type of Yangshao culture .
By radiocarbon dating the Dadiwan I culture is dated to approximately from -5200 to -4800. It is the earliest known Neolithic culture in the central Shaanxi plain (Guānzhōng 关 中) and in Eastern Gansu (Lǒngdōng 陇东).
A three-legged, painted clay bo bowl and a colorfully decorated clay bottle ( ping ) with a human head at the opening were discovered among remarkable pottery items .
The Dadiwan site ( Dadiwan yizhi ) in Qin'an County has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (3-189) since 1988 .
See also
literature
- Gansu Sheng Bowuguan (Gansu Provincial Museum): "Gansu Qin'an Dadiwan yizhi 1978 zhi 1982 nian fajue di juyao shouhuo" (main results of the excavations from 1978 to 1982 at the Dadiwan site in Qin'an), Wenwu 1983 (11), p 21-30
- Cihai ("Sea of Words"), Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5
Web links
- Dadiwan Relics Break Archeological Records - English
- Dadiwan yizhi / Dadiwan Site - Chinese
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Cihai , p. 266.
- ^ Cihai , p. 266.
- ^ Cihai , p. 266
- ^ Cihai , p. 266
Coordinates: 31 ° 14 ' N , 105 ° 3' E