Large settlement sites of late primitive society were excavated recently after nearly seven months of archaeological excavations in Luoyang city, a historical city in central China.
The initially explored ruins covered an area of more than 2,900 square meters in an plot of land 300 meters long and 200 meters wide.
More than 100 stone knives, stone sickles, ceramic vessels and bone arrowheads dating from the late Longshan Culture were excavated.
The Longshan Culture was a late Neolithic culture in China that had the distinctive feature of a high level of skill in pottery making, including the use of pottery wheels. It was based around the central and lower Yellow River and dated from about 3,000 B.C. to 2,000 B.C.
Author: Li Mu | Source: People's Daily Online [October 11, 2010]