From May 7th to 8th, the second China Lingjiatan Cultural Forum was held in Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province. The forum was approved and directed by the National Cutural Heritage Administration, and co sponsored by the Chinese Archaeological Society, the Chinese Society of Cultural Heritage, the Archaeological Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the Propaganda Department of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee. At this forum, more than 200 experts, scholars, and relevant department heads from all over the country gathered together to provide suggestions and suggestions for the excavation, research, and subsequent protection and utilization of the Lingjiatan Site. Lingjiatan Site is a Neolithic central settlement site located in Hanshan County, Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province. Since its first excavation in 1987, it has undergone 14 excavations and has unearthed over 3000 precious cultural relics such as exquisite jade ritual vessels, stone tools, and pottery. In 2012, the first Lingjiatan Cultural Forum was held in Ma'anshan. What have been the achievements of the Lingjiatan Cultural Forum held again after many years? What constructive suggestions and academic consensus have the representatives put forward regarding Lingjiatan Archaeology? Lingjiatan is expected to become a demonstration of China's over 5000 year civilization, share the latest excavation results of Lingjiatan, and propose suggestions for the next step of work; At the same time, guiding research on Lingjiatan culture is the two major topics set by the organizers of this forum for the attending delegates. In the keynote speech segment of the forum, Zhang Xiaolei, Associate Researcher of Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and Archaeological Excavation Team Leader of Lingjiatan Site, first introduced the latest archaeological excavation results of the site. According to reports, from 2020 to 2022, archaeologists completed an exploration of 180000 square meters of Lingjiatan Site and excavated over 3000 square meters of the site. Expose the large-scale red burned soil ruins in the southern part of the site to find large-scale buildings that match the cemetery; Excavated the northern gap of the outer trench to understand whether there are defensive facilities at the northern end of the site. Zhang Xiaolei focused on the remains of the Liao Festival discovered by archaeologists on the west side of the cemetery. One of the unique jade artifacts unearthed includes the largest stone axe and jade pendant discovered so far in Lingjiatan. In this round of excavation, archaeologists have preliminarily determined that the large area of red burnt soil ruins in the southeast corner of the Lingjiatan site and the central part of the inner trench was the most prosperous period of Lingjiatan culture, dating from 5500 to 5350 years ago. According to Ye Runqing, the director of the Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the latest archaeological achievements of Lingjiatan are the first to prove with conclusive archaeological data that the core area of the site has undergone large-scale artificial construction; The discovery of large-scale ceremonial activities related relics for the first time has deepened our understanding of settlement layout, core area functions, and social organizational structure. As the largest regional central settlement in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River during the same period, Lingjiatan is in a leading position in the brilliant development of various regions, playing a key role in the formation of Chinese civilization. "With the deepening of archaeological work and the comprehensive development of multi-disciplinary research, Lingjiatan Site is likely to become a demonstration of China's civilization for more than 5000 years, which will bring China into a civilized society 300 to 500 years earlier." At this forum, Wang Wei, a member of the Ministry of Science of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the president of the Chinese Archaeological Society, said in an interview that Lingjiatan Site has many advantages, such as burial area, sacrificial area Clear functional zoning for large building areas, especially
Edit：qihang Responsible editor：xinglan
Source：GMW.cn
Special statement: if the pictures and texts reproduced or quoted on this site infringe your legitimate rights and interests, please contact this site, and this site will correct and delete them in time. For copyright issues and website cooperation, please contact through outlook new era email：lwxsd@liaowanghn.com
Think Tank
Recommended Reading Change it 
Home
