The Xigongqiao site is located southwest of Xigongqiao village, Guanqiao town,Tengzhou city, Shandong, and occupies an area of 50,000 sq m. The remains discovered on the site include house-foundations, ash-pits, wells and tombs. The pottery of the house-foundations and ash-pits is somewhat different from that of the tombs. The former is larger in size and falls into the ding tripod,jar, gui tripod, basin, urn, yi ewer, yah steamer, grid, dou stemmed vessel, pot, cylindric cup, single-handled cup, high-stemmed cup, vessel cover, pad and spindle whorl ; the latter is smaller in size, andcomprises the ding, gui, he tripod, dou, flask, pot, zun vase, basin, urn, vat, gu cup, cylindric cup,high-stemmed cup, and vessel cover. The stone implements belong to the spade, axe, adze, chisel,knife, sickle, arrowhead, spindle whorl and whetstone; and the bone articles, to the spade, spoon and arrowhead. These cultural remains are assigned to the Dawenkou culture, from the later middle to the late stage, and dated to 5000-4500 BP.
The Xigongqiao site is located southwest of Xigongqiao village, Guanqiao town,Tengzhou city, Shandong, and occupies an area of 50,000 sq m. The remains discovered on the site include house-foundations, ash-pits, wells and tombs. The pottery of the house-foundations and ash-pits is somewhat different from that of the tombs. The former is larger in size and falls into the ding tripod,jar, gui tripod, basin, urn, yi ewer, yah steamer, grid, dou stemmed vessel, pot, cylindric cup, single-handled cup, high-stemmed cup, vessel cover, pad and spindle whorl ; the latter is smaller in size, andcomprises the ding, gui, he tripod, dou, flask, pot, zun vase, basin, urn, vat, gu cup, cylindric cup,high-stemmed cup, and vessel cover. The stone implements belong to the spade, axe, adze, chisel,knife, sickle, arrowhead, spindle whorl and whetstone; and the bone articles, to the spade, spoon and arrowhead. These cultural remains are assigned to the Dawenkou culture, from the later middle to the late stage, and dated to 5000-4500 BP.
The Xigongqiao site is located southwest of Xigongqiao village, Guanqiao town,Tengzhou city, Shandong, and occupies an area of 50,000 sq m. The remains discovered on the site include house-foundations, ash-pits, wells and tombs. The pottery of the house-foundations and ash-pits is somewhat different from that of the tombs. The former is larger in size and falls into the ding tripod,jar, gui tripod, basin, urn, yi ewer, yah steamer, grid, dou stemmed vessel, pot, cylindric cup, single-handled cup, high-stemmed cup, vessel cover, pad and spindle whorl ; the latter is smaller in size, andcomprises the ding, gui, he tripod, dou, flask, pot, zun vase, basin, urn, vat, gu cup, cylindric cup,high-stemmed cup, and vessel cover. The stone implements belong to the spade, axe, adze, chisel,knife, sickle, arrowhead, spindle whorl and whetstone; and the bone articles, to the spade, spoon and arrowhead. These cultural remains are assigned to the Dawenkou culture, from the later middle to the late stage, and dated to 5000-4500 BP.
