China's Top 10 New Archaeological Discoveries Released, 3 in Henan

China's Top 10 New Archaeological Discoveries Released, 3 in Henan

三喜临门！河南仨项目全部入选2020年度全国十大考古新发现

China's top 10 new archaeological discoveries of 2020 was released in Beijing on April 13, including Henan's Shuanghuaishu site in Gongyi of Zhengzhou, Shizhuang site in Huaiyang of Zhoukou and Xuyang cemetery in Yichuan of Luoyang.

4月13日上午，记者从国家文物局获悉，2020年度全国十大考古新发现在北京正式揭晓，河南的巩义双槐树遗址、淮阳时庄遗址以及伊川徐阳墓地不负众望，成功入选。

Shuanghuaishu site in Gongyi of Zhengzhou. [Photo provided to Dahe Daily]

Shuanghuaishu site in Gongyi of Zhengzhou: The remains of 3 huge moats, large building complex, large-scale residential compounds in the center, walls with the earliest Wengcheng (enclosure for defense outside a city gate) structure, 4 rigidly-planned public graveyards (over 1,700 tombs), rammed-earth altars, residential sites, dumps, and pits for human and animal sacrifice from the middle and late stage of Yangshao Culture were found at the site. Recognized as the embryo of early Chinese civilization by experts and scholars, the ancient "Heluo Kingdom" dating back to 5,300 years ago was discovered at the Shuanghuaishu site and provided key proof of the origins of Chinese civilization.

巩义双槐树遗址：发现有仰韶文化中晚期阶段3重大型环壕、大型建筑基址、中心居址、具有最早瓮城结构的围墙、版筑的大型夯土地基、4处共1700余座经过严格规划的大型公共墓地、夯土祭坛、房址、灰坑、人祭坑及兽骨坑等遗迹。这里也是5300年前“河洛古国”，被专家学者称为“早期中华文明的胚胎”。专家认为，双槐树遗址将成为探寻黄河流域文明起源过程的一把关键钥匙。

Shizhuang site in Huaiyang of Zhoukou. [Photo provided to Dahe Daily]

Shizhuang site in Huaiyang of Zhoukou: The remains of 28 granaries dating back to the early Xia Dynasty (2070 BC-1600 BC) was discovered at the Shizhuang site in Huaiyang of Zhoukou, believed to be among the country's earliest facilities of centralized grain storage. The carbon-14 dating of the charcoal in the granaries shows that they can be traced back "Xinzhai stage", that is, the years between Taikang and Shaokang, the two monarchs of the early Xia Dynasty. Experts noted that the granaries provided key research materials for studying the culture of the early Xia Dynasty and refreshing the current understanding of its social structure, administration, governance capacity, etc.

淮阳时庄遗址：在这里，发掘出土了28座夏代早期“粮仓”遗迹，这是我国目前发现年代最早的“粮食仓城”。根据碳十四测年数据显示，“粮食仓城”相当于中原地区的“新砦期”阶段，即文献记载的“太康失国至少康中兴”的夏王朝早期。专家认为，这对于早期夏文化的研究，重新认识夏王朝的社会组织结构、管理水平和早期国家治理能力等具有极其重要的价值。

Xuyang cemetery in Yichuan of Luoyang. [Photo provided to Dahe Daily]

Xuyang cemetery in Yichuan of Luoyang: A tomb cluster that could be 2,600 years old was discovered at the Xuyang cemetery in Yichuan of Luoyang, believed to be the gravesite of the Luhun Rong people, an ethnic group that immigrated from the northwest and inhabited Central China. It is also the first discovery of Rong remains on the central plains.

伊川徐阳墓地：这是2600多年前从中国西北迁往洛阳伊川的陆浑戎墓葬群，也是中原地区考古发现的首个戎人遗存。（中文来源/顶端新闻·大河报 翻译/赵汉青 审校/张军平）