Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan

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The jug found in the cave

Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan ( 仙人洞 、 吊桶 环 遗址 , Xiānréndòng, Diàotǒnghuán yízhǐ , English Sites of Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan ) are two close-by archaeological sites from the period between the Paleolithic and Neolithic (12,000–9,000 BC) in the Wann District Jiangxi Province, China . They were excavated in 1962. The finds have provided valuable material for the study of early Paleolithic cultures as well as the origins of pottery and rice cultivation .

A jug (yuándǐguàn 圆底 罐) discovered there was dated to 6875 ± 240 BC using the radiocarbon method . Dated.

From the Xianrendong cave, the world's oldest, reliably dated remains of pottery were discovered, the age of which is given as 20,000 to 19,000 calendar years prior to today.

The sites Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan are on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-54).

literature

  • Zhang Chi: The Excavations at Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan, Jiangxi. In: Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Bulletin 18, 1999
  • Zhang Chi: The discovery of early pottery in China.
  • Jiangxi Sheng bowuguan: Jiangxi Wannian Xianrendong dongxue yizhi di erci fajue baogao . In: Wenwu 12: 23-30, 1976.
  • Jiangxi Sheng wenguanghui: Jiangxi Wannian Xianrendong dongxue yizhi shijue. In: Kaogu xuebao 1: 1-17, 1963.
  • Liu Shizhong: Jiangxi Xianrendong he Diaotonghuan fajue huo zhongyao jinzhan. In: Zhongguo wenwu bao , January 28, 1996.
  • Henrik Lekenvall: Pottery in China: A product of agriculture or hunter-gatheres? Uppsala 2007
  • Yaroslav V. Kuzmin: Chronology of the earliest pottery in East Asia: progress and pitfalls. In: Antiquity 2006
  • Zhang Chi: Early pottery and rice phytolith remains from Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan sites, Wannian, Jiangxi Province. In: Y. Yasuda (Ed.) The Origins of Pottery and Agriculture , pp. 185-91. New Delhi: Roll Books and Luster Press 2002

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sites of Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan ( Memento from June 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ http://www.chinabaike.com/article/316/327/2007/2007022155942.html
  3. ↑ Xiaohong Wu et al .: Early Pottery at 20,000 Years Ago in Xianrendong Cave, China. In: Science . Volume 336, No. 6089, 2012, pp. 1696-1700, doi: 10.1126 / science.1218643

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