In 2003, archaeological excavation revealed on the site of Taosi walled-town the northern entrance of the core building complex in the palace area of the early and middle Taosi culture. The vestiges comprise zigzag ro...In 2003, archaeological excavation revealed on the site of Taosi walled-town the northern entrance of the core building complex in the palace area of the early and middle Taosi culture. The vestiges comprise zigzag road-foundations of shutter-rammed earth built in “八”-shaped flat-bottomed trenches, and a pair of rammde-earth bridge-piers on the northern site of the road, near the moat. In the sub-town of the middle Taosi, the foundations of a rammed---earth structure were found to be in the shape of the greater part of a circle with a radius of 22--25m. They must be remains of a three-tier platform. Between the immature-soil core of the platform and the third retaining wall, there are 11 square posts built of rammed earth, with 10 narrow openings kept between. Through each opening a ridge can be seen from the center of the circle. Asimulated survey shows that these openings might have been for observing the sunrise and determining solar terms.展开更多
Tomb No.22 in Area Ⅱ of the Taosi walled-town, Xiangfen, Shanxi, was excavated in 2002. The tomb is 5m long, 3.65m wide and 7m deep. It is dated to the middle Taosi period (2100-2000BC), Although it was destroyed in ...Tomb No.22 in Area Ⅱ of the Taosi walled-town, Xiangfen, Shanxi, was excavated in 2002. The tomb is 5m long, 3.65m wide and 7m deep. It is dated to the middle Taosi period (2100-2000BC), Although it was destroyed in the late Taosi period, 72 funeral objects remain in the tomb pit and coves, including eight painted pottery vessels, 18 jades, 25 lacquered articles, eight groups of bone arrowheads, two baskets, ten pigs'skeletons, and one huge boar mandible. The discovery of this rich tomb helps us to understand the nature of the walled-town of the middle Taosi period.展开更多
文摘In 2003, archaeological excavation revealed on the site of Taosi walled-town the northern entrance of the core building complex in the palace area of the early and middle Taosi culture. The vestiges comprise zigzag road-foundations of shutter-rammed earth built in “八”-shaped flat-bottomed trenches, and a pair of rammde-earth bridge-piers on the northern site of the road, near the moat. In the sub-town of the middle Taosi, the foundations of a rammed---earth structure were found to be in the shape of the greater part of a circle with a radius of 22--25m. They must be remains of a three-tier platform. Between the immature-soil core of the platform and the third retaining wall, there are 11 square posts built of rammed earth, with 10 narrow openings kept between. Through each opening a ridge can be seen from the center of the circle. Asimulated survey shows that these openings might have been for observing the sunrise and determining solar terms.
文摘Tomb No.22 in Area Ⅱ of the Taosi walled-town, Xiangfen, Shanxi, was excavated in 2002. The tomb is 5m long, 3.65m wide and 7m deep. It is dated to the middle Taosi period (2100-2000BC), Although it was destroyed in the late Taosi period, 72 funeral objects remain in the tomb pit and coves, including eight painted pottery vessels, 18 jades, 25 lacquered articles, eight groups of bone arrowheads, two baskets, ten pigs'skeletons, and one huge boar mandible. The discovery of this rich tomb helps us to understand the nature of the walled-town of the middle Taosi period.
