Yongsan cultural ash pit
Excavate orthographic projections
Faience fragments
Zhang Ping's report from the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology is entitled "Harvest of Archaeological Excavations at the Wuzhi Baoanzhuang Site in 2021". In order to cooperate with the construction of the irrigation area on the north bank of Xiaolangdi, the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology conducted preliminary investigation and exploration of the Baoanzhuang site, and excavated the site from April 2021 to July 2021. The excavation covers a total area of 1,000 square meters, cleaning up a total of 30 ash pits, 2 ash ditches, 3 tombs, 1 urn coffin, and collecting more than 100 bags of pottery pieces and bones, covering the Yangshao culture, Jin and Song and Yuan dynasties. According to the excavation results, it can be seen that within the scope of the main canal occupation, the cultural outlook excavated is mainly Based on Yangshao culture, and the period is roughly equivalent to the late section of Dahe Village. The cultural connotation of the site is rich and lasts for a long time, which is of certain significance for the study of the cultural life of the late Yangshao period in the Wuzhi area of Jiaozuo.
[The report was published at the "2021 Henan Archaeological Work Achievements Exchange Meeting" held in Nanyang, Henan on the afternoon of December 17, 2021]
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The ruins of Bao'anzhuang are located on a gang mausoleum 21 kilometers southwest of the county seat of Wuzhi County. About 5 kilometers north of the site, the Qin River flows from west to east, and 5 kilometers south, the Yellow River flows from west to east. The site is surrounded by the Python River and its tributaries. Located above the alluvial plain between the Huang and Qin rivers, the land is fertile, the water is abundant, and the climate is suitable. The site is located between the three natural villages of Bao'anzhuang, Mengmen and Kongcun, about 600 meters north of Kongcun, 1000 meters to the south for Mengmen, and 700 meters to the west for Bao'anzhuang Village. Judging from the cultural relics found in the soil taken from the site in recent years, this area is quite rich in accumulation.
——Excerpt from "Briefing on the Investigation of the Bao'an Zhuang Ruins in Wuzhi County", Central Plains Cultural Relics, No. 03, 1988