The triple trench is really a "trench" China's archaeological discovery 5000 years ago infrastructure madness
Updated on: 19-0-0 0:0:0
記者從國家文物局獲悉，“2024年度全國十大考古新發現”將於4月24日揭曉，將從20個考古參評項目中評選。無論哪個專案獲此殊榮，這些考古新發現，都反映出我國考古事業基本面，都將為探尋何以中國給出時代答案。
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For the first time, the prehistoric period III was discoveredheavyAlmost large in square layout"圍壕And for the first time, it was confirmed that the Siwa site is the largest, richest and highest level of Majiayao cultural center settlement known at present. These new discoveries are expected to answer major academic questions such as the origin and development of Chinese civilization in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. For the first time, a three-dimensional enclosure in the prehistoric period was discovered
The Majiayao culture is about 4000 to 0 years old, mainly distributed in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and its tributaries Taohe, Huangshui and Weihe, covering today's Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Sichuan and other provinces and regions.
Located in Siwa Mountain Village, Lintao County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province, the Siwa site has rich cultural relics of Majiayao. From 7 to 0, the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology jointly carried out 0 excavations here.
Guo Zhiwei, associate researcher of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: It is not only the first time that the Majiayao culture has been discovered, but it is also the first time that we have seen this kind of triple moat with a right-angle turn, which shows the high level and planning of this site.
The most critical evidence to confirm the high-level and central settlement of Majiayao culture is the triple enclosure represented by yellow, green, and blue in the picture.Triple Encirclementtrench平行分佈、直角轉彎，形制布局相當規整。每條圍壕口部寬約9至11米。整體看，東西長約600米，南北寬約450米，與斷崖、山溝共同圍成一處面積近30萬平方米的空間。
Guo Zhiwei, associate researcher of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: A large-scale project 5000 years ago, to be able to organize such a project, this society must have developed to a considerable extent.
In addition to the triple enclosure, the archaeological team also found suspected "roads", large areas of "artificial mounds" and other remains. From this point of view, the total area of the settlement is nearly one million square meters; Not far away, there are dozens of sites of the same period and different scales.Together, they constitute a group of Majiayao cultural settlements, and the Siwa site belongs to the leader and is a central settlement.
Guo Zhiwei, associate researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: For a long time, a lot of work has been done in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including the lower reaches of the Yellow River, to explore the source of civilization. But in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, we only know some approximate spatio-temporal frameworks. This work fills an important or critical gap in the study of the origin of civilization in the upper reaches of the Yellow River.Source: Central Television News Users
