Wujiacun Site

Wujiacun Site

The Wujiacun Site is a protected cultural heritage site of Liaoning Province.

The Wujiacun Site is located on the western terrace of Wujiacun on Guanglu Island, Changhai County, Liaoning Province. The terrain is gently sloping and surrounded by hills, situated 300–400 meters west of the Xiaozhushan Site. A small river runs through the middle of the site, flowing from south to north into the Yellow Sea. This is a prehistoric shell mound site. Following trial excavations in 1978, further excavations were conducted between 2008 and 2010. The site stretches 500 meters from east to west and 200 meters from north to south, covering an area of 20,000 square meters. Excavations were mainly carried out in the central part of the site, with an actual exposed area of 420 square meters.

This is a typical shell mound site, with its cultural layer formed by accumulations of shells, measuring 50–130 centimeters in thickness. The nature of the cultural layer is relatively simple, primarily dating to the Xiaozhushan Phase III culture. Through excavation, three house foundations, 39 ash pits, 11 hearths, 49 postholes, and a wealth of artifacts including pottery, stone tools, bone tools, tooth tools, and jade artifacts were discovered from this period. The house foundations were all semi-subterranean, square or circular in plan, with hearths inside but few postholes and no doorways, covering less than 10 square meters, and yielding limited artifacts. The ash pits were circular or oval in shape, with straight or sloped walls and flat bottoms. Artifacts unearthed included pottery, stone tools, jade, bone tools, tooth tools, and clamshell tools. Outdoor hearths were oval in shape, most being shallow ground-level hearths. Postholes were predominantly vertical, circular or oval in plan, with straight walls, 20–30 centimeters in diameter, and 20–30 centimeters deep, without any special treatment.

Protected Area: Within 173 meters east and 94 meters south from the base point of the protection sign.

Construction Control Zone: A Class I Construction Control Zone extends 20 meters east and north, and 10 meters west of the protected area; a Class II Construction Control Zone lies a further 20 meters east and 32 meters north outside the Class I zone.

Further Reading:

· Seventh Batch of Protected Cultural Heritage Sites of Liaoning Province