November 18, the protection of journalists in the great site meeting was informed that, after the archaeological survey, the site has been confirmed Baodun area of 276 square meters. This area of Hubei Province in China after the same period Shijiahe City Site.
"Baodun site dating back about 4000 years, is the ancient city of Chengdu Plain has proven one of the largest sites in the area." Wang Yi, director of Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology said Baodun site found in 1995, last year, the Chengdu Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute of the Bao pier to investigate the site again in the ruins found in the outer ridge of soil several strip Commissioner, through the anatomical discovery, the initial recognition of the soil mound is a treasure of the rammed earth wall pier culture period.
So far, archaeologists, including the four directions outside the walls of the wall confirmed or trenches outside the city in northeast side of the wall coincides with the inner city. The city was irregular plane roughly rectangular with rounded corners. Wang said the discovery of the outer walls, so that archaeologists of the ancient city ruins Baodun a whole new understanding of culture period for the discovery of Baodun settlement pattern, social structure and the degree of social complexity has very important significance.
Currently, archaeologists have excavated a fine grinding stone axes, stone adze, and a large number of pottery utensils, from the ancient city's residential base layout and unearthed various production tools and pottery, can be deduced four or five thousand years ago, where has shown a "tribal connected Zhongming Ding eat home" prosperity. Source: Sichuan Daily
