On the 10th, it was learned from the Shanxi Institute of archaeology that after more than four months of archaeological excavation and research, archaeologists exposed a human settlement site of the Longshan culture period of the Neolithic Age about 4000 years ago at the XiaTing site of Jincheng, Shanxi Province. The unearthed artifacts are mainly pottery. XiaTing site is located in the southwest of XiaTing village, Zezhou County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province. It was found in the third national cultural relics census in 2009. In June this year, in order to cooperate with the construction of the reconstruction and expansion project of Jinyang expressway, Shanxi Institute of archaeology, together with the cultural relics departments of Jincheng city and Zezhou County, carried out rescue archaeological excavation in the site area involved in the construction project. Wu Junhua, leader of the excavation project and director of the Jin Culture Research Institute of Shanxi Archaeological Research Institute, introduced that for a long time, the focus of Shanxi archaeology has been in southern Shanxi. Archaeological work in southeastern Shanxi, especially in Jincheng, is less carried out. The rescue and protection of underground cultural relics in the area involved in the construction is the second excavation of prehistoric sites in the history of Jincheng City, which provides an objective and detailed physical basis for studying the process of prehistoric civilization in Jincheng area, successfully constructs a complete sequence of prehistoric culture in this area, and fills the gap in the archaeological work of Longshan sites in Jincheng area. The excavation area of XiaTing site is 2000 square meters, which is divided into East and west areas. A total of 150 ash pits, 2 pottery kilns, 8 vertical hole earth pit tombs, 1 urn and pot burial and 1 house site were cleared. The era covers Yangshao, Longshan, Erlitou, Eastern Zhou and other periods, of which the remains of Longshan period are the most abundant. The unearthed artifacts mainly include pottery, stone tools, bone vessels, etc., of which the largest number are pottery. The types of pottery include pots, cans, urns, bowls, bowls, beans, shells, shells, bronze cups, tripods, pointed bottom bottles, spinning wheels, etc., and the patterns are rope patterns, string patterns, line patterns, grid patterns, additional stacking patterns, plain noodles, etc. Stone tools include stone shovels, stone knives, etc. In addition, there are a small number of bone needles. Among them, there are about 50 recoverable complete pottery specimens and more than 130 small pottery specimens. The total number of pottery specimens is close to 1000. In a probe on the east side, a large mouth pointed bottom pottery pot was also excavated, and the child's bones were found in the pot. Wu Junhua said that as a special burial tool, the use of urn coffin continued from the early Neolithic Age to the late Neolithic age. (outlook new era)