Houtaomuga Site

Houtaomuga Site

The Houtaomuga Site is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Houtaomuga Site

Batch and Announcement Date: Fifth Batch, February 26, 1999

Address: Yonghetun, Xinhuang Township, Da’an City

Era: Neolithic Age

Category: Ancient Ruins

Managing Organization: Da’an Museum

Open to Public: No

The Houtaomuga Site stretches approximately 1,000 meters from north to south and about 200 meters from east to west. In earlier years, there was a channel in the site. Within naturally formed wind-eroded pits, a large number of microliths were exposed, such as stone arrowheads, small flint flakes, and round scrapers. On the cliff faces of both inner walls of the channel, a 1-meter-thick cultural layer can be seen, containing a substantial accumulation of pottery shards. Red-fired earth and ash remains were also discovered, indicating the possible presence of a dwelling site. At that time, people mainly relied on agriculture and fishing-hunting as their means of subsistence. This is a relatively large human settlement site from the Neolithic period.

In 2019, the Houtaomuga Site was included in the Eighth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units.

Source: People’s Government of Da’an City, Jilin Province

Further Reading:

· Eighth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units