Yuchanyan

Yuchanyan ( Chinese  玉蟾 岩 遗址 , Pinyin Yùchányán yízhǐ , English Yuchanyan Site  - "Yuchanyan site") is a Paleolithic and Neolithic site in the Shouyan community of Dao County of Yongzhou in the Chinese province of Hunan . It is dated around 10,000 years ago and was excavated in 1993. The discoveries provide important information about rice cultivation and early pottery .

The Yuchanyan site has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-91) since 2001 .

literature

• Yuan Jiarong: Yuchanyuan Shuidao qiyuan zhongyao xingwuzheng . In: Zhongguo wenwu bao , March 3, 1996

Web links

• Cultivated rice kernel dates back 12,000 years

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.sach.gov.cn/publishcenter/sach/sachwindow/centerchina/fifth/1302.aspx  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Coordinates: 25 ° 36 '24 "  N , 111 ° 28' 58"  E