this list contains facts that suggest that the hypothesis that all the ancestors of modern humans were originally from Africa may need to be revised.
In the cave, Stegadon the Paleolithic, which is located in the city district Hanzhong, Shaanxi province, archaeologists found human remains and stone tools – they can vary from fifteen to a hundred thousand years. According to the head of the Institute of archaeology of the Academy of social Sciences, China Chen of Cinzana, it finds “world-class”.
“According to the materials of the human activity in this region was almost continuous. The findings provide important clues to further studies of modern human origins in East Asia,” says Chen.
the Most ancient objects made of jade in China, whose age is estimated to be about nine thousand years were found in the Fort Seonunsan in raohe County of Heilongjiang province – more than a hundred objects and tools for their processing.
“It will change our perception of Chinese jade,” Chen says. According to Chen, in the mound near the Russian-Chinese border was a settlement of ancient people that existed in the period from 17 thousand years ago before the era of the Western Han (206 BC – 24 ad). Here also were found the most ancient to date in Northern China pottery, of which about 14 thousand years.
Considering how long the history of jade in China, another settlement from the list – Hansa in the urban district of Dunhuang of Gansu province, where mining of jade flourished nearly two millennia before the Han era (206 BC – 220 ad) – helps the archaeologists figure out where there is raw material for fine artifacts.
the Same object – the settlement Seubi in Shanxi province, where a booming manufacture of articles of bronze.
“Bronze appeared in Western Asia before, – says the President of the Chinese archaeological society Wang Wei. But when China came technology, approximately 4,500 years ago, has gradually developed a unique ceremonial system based on the much more sophisticated bronze artifacts. Findings from Siobi can shed light on the production of bronze items that influenced the emergence of powerful kings,” Wang said.
the study of ancient Chinese cities can be a big step forward thanks to settlement Pennanti in Henan province, which is over four thousand years. In it were found traces of sewage systems, smart urban planning and the most ancient in China gauge from two-wheeled transportation.
Another ancient Chinese city of Huankantou – part of the Shimao ruins in the urban district of Shenmu Shaanxi province, which is over four thousand years – sets more questions than answers.
the Ruins of Shimao, which occupies a land sizethe ad four million square meters over the last several years is very interested in archaeologists who were trying to understand what kind of civilization lived there. When in the past year, archaeologists have discovered a huge terrace, where is preserved the majestic walls 70 and carved stone totems, they got more interested in the significance of this ancient city.
“the terrace can indicate that it housed political or religious center, says Wang. – Closely to the correlation of other findings with Chinese artifacts of later periods. Now it is difficult even to assess what these findings mean for the study of the origin of Chinese civilization”.
From the ruins of the city in the times of the Han in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region to raised from the seabed off the coast of Guangdong province of the wreckage of the ship “Nanhai-1” of times of the Tang dynasty (618 – 907) include finds from various periods in the list of the top 10 belong to the history of the silk road and its Maritime counterpart, which contributed to relations between different cultures.
it is Possible to make the top 10 was not easy, because 2019 was for Chinese archaeology breakthrough. Last year, China started excavations 1096 – more than ever, says Deputy Director of the State Committee for the protection of cultural heritage Soong Sinica.
the Annual list was compiled by the Beijing newspaper “Jongomero” (“Monuments of China”). Due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus preparation and announcement of the list of the top 10 was held in an online format.
Daily from 1 to 5 may direct the broadcast of the final stage can be seen in the Internet. The leaders of the 20 finalist projects conducted online presentations and answered the judges ‘ questions. According to official statistics, during five days of live broadcasts on various online platforms have attracted a total of more than 28 million viewers.
