Dacun Site

Dacun Site

The Dacun Site is a cultural heritage protection unit of Lianyungang City.

Dacun Site (including Xiaocun Site)

The Dacun Site is located at the western foot of Nanyuntai Mountain in Huaguoshan Subdistrict, Haizhou District, Lianyungang City. The cultural layer of the site is over 1 meter thick, covering an area of approximately 20,000 square meters. Excavations were carried out in 1959 and 1960. Unearthed artifacts include: red fine clay pottery bowls, stone axes, and stone adzes from the Neolithic Age, early Western Zhou bronze ware, cylindrical tiles from the Han Dynasty, and pottery shards from the Six Dynasties period.

The Xiaocun Site is located 1.5 kilometers north of the Dacun Site and is now part of the Xiaocun Grape Garden. Unearthed artifacts include pottery shards from the Neolithic Age, li tripod leg parts and dou stem pieces from the Western Zhou period, geometric patterned pottery shards from the Warring States period, and rope-patterned tile shards from the Han Dynasty.

The Dacun Site is one of China’s well-known Neolithic sites. The “Survey Report of the Dacun Neolithic Site” was published in Issue 6 of *Acta Archaeologica Sinica* in 1961. It is also one of the important locations where Western Zhou bronze ware has been unearthed in Jiangsu Province. The Dacun Site holds significant importance in both Neolithic and Shang-Zhou cultures, and has long been valued by archaeologists.

It was designated as one of the first batch of cultural heritage protection units of Lianyungang City in 1982.

Protected Area:

For the Dacun Site, the western boundary is the reservoir dam, and the eastern, southern, and northern boundaries are defined by the road; the Xiaocun Site includes the entire Xiaocun Grape Garden.