Post date: Oct 09, 2011 11:1:36 AM
China-Archaeo-Finds -- Prehistorical architectures discovered in Inner Mongolia
CCTV BEIJING - Four rare collapsed houses and structural members have recently been discovered in a prehistorical settlement ruins in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The prehistorical settlement site is situated near the Hamin'aile Village of Horqin Left-wing Middle Banner in Tongliao City between the southern foot of the Da Xing'an mountain range and the Songhua-Liaohe river plain.
Dating back to more than 5,500 years ago, it is the largest and completely preserved historical site first discovered in Northeast China.
Archeologists attribute the collapse of the four houses to fire because the house structures and structural members have been preserved. Analysis of the beam, pillars, rafters and other rare structure members shows that the houses are of wooden structure, with half-crypt typed rooms and cone-shaped roofs.
While clearing the ruins, archaeologists have also discovered human skeleton and bones from under the collapsed structures.
Up to the present, more than 3,000 of the 200,000 square meters of the Hamin prehistorical ruins have been excavated. Unearthed are 30 prehistorical house ruins, 11 ash pits and more than 700 pieces of earthenware, jadeware, stoneware, clamware and bone and horn articles.
The finds have provided valuable information for the study of the prehistoric culture of the region.
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