CCTV News: This morning (January 13), the State Administration of Cultural Heritage held a report meeting on archaeological discoveries in Tibet and reported the research results of 4 major archaeological discoveries in Tibet.
Four important archaeological discoveries in Tibet cover Paleolithic wilderness sites, prehistoric settlement sites, comprehensive sites of buildings and cemeteries, and a Tubo period cemetery spanning tens of thousands of years.
Among them, the first batch of prehistoric wilderness sites systematically excavated in western Tibet, the Chere Site, is a rare site of early prehistoric human activities with clear stratigraphic accumulation in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, filling the gap of prehistoric archaeological culture in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau dating from 8,000 to 10,000 years ago.
The Mahao site in Kangma County, Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region, about 4,000 years old, represents a new type of archaeological culture and is of great significance for exploring the extreme environmental processes and strategies of human adaptation to alpine cold and lack of oxygen.
Dating from 3600 to 2100 years ago, the Gebusairu site has a large scale of the cemetery, a variety of types of remains, a long span of years, and rich cultural connotations, which is of great value for the study of the exchange and migration of people in the Xiangquan River Basin, and the formation and development of regional culture.
In addition, in recent years, there is the First Official Archaeological Excavation of a Large-Scale Sealed Tomb in Tibet during the Tubo Period. The excavation of stone black and white Go pieces, lacquerware fragments, textiles and other relics shows the close connection with the Culture of the Central Plains, which is an important empirical evidence of the exchanges and blends of various ethnic groups.
Source: CCTV