The excavation on the Yuchisi site in Mengchang,Anhui is an important result recently obtained in the archaeology of Neolithic China. The second stage of excavation in 2001 to 2003 has been reported in the Mengcheng Y...The excavation on the Yuchisi site in Mengchang,Anhui is an important result recently obtained in the archaeology of Neolithic China. The second stage of excavation in 2001 to 2003 has been reported in the Mengcheng Yuchisi (Volume Ⅱ) published in December 2007,which makes an all-round description of the moat-surrounded Yuchisi settlement of late Dawenkou Culture period and the distribution of the internal houses. The houses were evidently built with the compound as the basic unit. The book constitutes so far the most complete material for researching into the settlements of this period and puts forward a lot of problems to be further studied. The results of related monographic studies published in the work furnished detailed data to deep-going investigations.展开更多
文摘The excavation on the Yuchisi site in Mengchang,Anhui is an important result recently obtained in the archaeology of Neolithic China. The second stage of excavation in 2001 to 2003 has been reported in the Mengcheng Yuchisi (Volume Ⅱ) published in December 2007,which makes an all-round description of the moat-surrounded Yuchisi settlement of late Dawenkou Culture period and the distribution of the internal houses. The houses were evidently built with the compound as the basic unit. The book constitutes so far the most complete material for researching into the settlements of this period and puts forward a lot of problems to be further studied. The results of related monographic studies published in the work furnished detailed data to deep-going investigations.
