Maqiao ancient cultural site

Maqiao ancient cultural site

In December 1959, pieces of antlers and red impression soft pottery were found in the 1.5-meter-deep stratum. The Shanghai Municipal Committee of cultural relics preservation excavated them twice in 1960 and 1966. The unearthed relics include Neolithic Liangzhu culture relics and cultural relics of Tang, song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, which are distributed in five soil layers. The excavation of these cultural relics provides material materials for the study of the land formation and development in Shanghai. In 1960, archaeologists pushed the history of Shanghai to 2000 years. In 1977, the site was listed as a municipal cultural relic protection unit. In 1981, the people's Government of Shanghai county set up a monument. The fourth layer of the site is a typical remains of Taihu Lake area (including Hangzhou Bay Area), which was named Maqiao culture in 1982.

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Located in Minhang District, Shanghai, China

Dongyutang village, Maqiao town. It was excavated in 1959, covering an area of more than 10000 square meters. A large number of ancient stone tools, pottery and antlers were found. After two excavations in 1960 and 1966, a comprehensive investigation has been made.

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Maqiao ancient cultural site contains three layers of cultural relics of different times: the upper layer is the remains of the spring and autumn and Warring States period; a large number of Shang Dynasty stones, bones and pottery are unearthed in the middle layer, which is the typical remains of the early Indo pottery culture in Taihu Lake area and is named Maqiao culture; Neolithic architectural relics and tombs are found in the lower layer, which is the Liangzhu Cultural Relics 4000 years ago. There is also a shell sand belt under the cultural relics, which indicates that the relics are located on the ancient coast. The discovery of the remains is of great significance to the study of the location of the ancient coast and the age of the land formation in Shanghai.

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About 5500 years ago, the Maqiao site was formed on land. During the transitional period from Songze culture to Liangzhu culture, the ancestors began to breed here. In the Xia and Shang Dynasties, it became the largest and most typical village in the area around the lake, with a total area of more than 150000 square meters. From the spring and Autumn period to the Tang, song and Yuan Dynasties, it has always been the settlement of the ancestors. In 1982, Maqiao site was named "Maqiao culture" by archaeologists.

Address: Beisong highway

Longitude: 121.39165418837

Latitude: 31.034322374132

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