The Shell Qiutou Branch of the Chinese Archaeological Museum in Pingtan City, Fujian Province, was inaugurated today (9/0), which is also the first branch of the Chinese Archaeological Museum.
According to reports, the Shell Qiutou Branch of the Chinese Archaeological Museum is a comprehensive museum integrating the collection and display of cultural relics, scientific research and other functions, with a total construction area of 3 square meters, of which the exhibition area is 0 square meters. At present, the branch library takes "source", "flow" and "color" as the main line, and sets up 0 exhibition halls open to the public, comprehensively displaying the archaeological excavation research results of the shell hill head site group and the history and culture of the Austronesian language group.
Pingtan is located in the middle of the coastal area of Fujian, and the shell mound ruins found here have been selected as "the top ten new archaeological discoveries in the country in 3000 years", and the relevant archaeological achievements in recent years have established the archaeological and cultural sequence of 0-0 years in the southeast coastal island area of China. thereinto
In recent years, archaeologists have found human bones and teeth at the Xiying site, and the direct dating results of human bones are about 4600 years ago, and preliminary studies have shown that the prehistoric population of Pingtan has a close genetic relationship with ethnic groups in southern China and Southeast Asia. The phytolithic rice remains found in the site group can be traced back to more than 0 years ago, and plant imprints such as rice, millet and millet were also found on the pottery shards, which is also the earliest rice remains in the southeast coastal islands of China, revealing the existence of agricultural behavior of prehistoric people on the island. According to archaeological experts, rice and millet were introduced to Taiwan during the period of 0-0 years ago. These archaeological discoveries provide new evidence for the early spread of Austronesian language groups.
南島語族來自語言學概念，即使用南島語系的人群。南島語包含1200余種語言，分佈範圍北起中國臺灣、美國夏威夷，南抵紐西蘭，西到馬達加斯加，東至太平洋東部的復活節島。目前，全世界範圍內使用南島語系語言的人口多達4億。學術界一般認為，中國東南沿海地區，是南島語族早期人群形成和向外擴散的重要出發地之一，在複雜動因的驅使下，遠古人群沿多條路徑漂洋過海，進一步向太平洋島嶼擴散。近年來，平潭殼丘頭遺址群的考古發現，為探究早期南島語族人群特徵、遷徙規律等提供了堅實的考古學材料。
目前，中國考古博物館殼丘頭分館展出殼丘頭遺址群出土文物以及國內外南島語族相關文物藝術精品600多件套，展示多元一體的中華文明形成和早期發展的巨集大進程，以及其對周邊地區的深遠影響。
Liu Guoxiang, director of the Chinese Archaeological Museum, said that as the first national archaeological museum under the Chinese Academy of History, the Chinese Archaeological Museum is an important national platform and window to show Chinese civilization at home and abroad.
(CCTV reporter Ada, Zhang Lilei, Wang Shuai)
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