Shangmakan Site

Shangmakan Site

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

Shangmakan Site

Age: Paleolithic Era

The Shangmakan Site represents a purely Paleolithic culture. An excavation of 18 square meters yielded 45 Paleolithic specimens. The raw materials for the stone artifacts were mainly quartz sandstone and sandstone. Choppers, stone balls, and picks were common. The craftsmanship of the stone tools was primitive and rough, with flaking techniques primarily using the hammering method and rotational striking method. The retouching of the stone tools was all done by hammering. The individual stone artifacts were large, with lengths exceeding 80 millimeters, and very few specimens were less than 50 millimeters. It belongs to the gravel stone tool culture of the Southern Paleolithic Era and marks a major breakthrough in the province’s Paleolithic archaeological research.

The discovery of the Shangmakan Paleolithic cultural site has filled a gap in Zhejiang’s Paleolithic archaeology, pushing the history of human activity in Zhejiang back over 100,000 years. It provides rare and valuable new data for studying the distribution and characteristics of the main industries of the Southern Paleolithic Era. It is the first clearly stratified, distinctly dated, and well-preserved Paleolithic cultural site discovered in the province.

Source: Zhejiang Cultural Relics Network

Xilong Village: Located in the northeastern part of Anji County and the central-northern area of Xilong Township, Xilong Village in Anji County borders Kun copper Township to the east and Meixi Town to the north, with Provincial Highway 11 running through the village. The village serves as the seat of the Xilong Township government and is the political, economic, and cultural center of the township, as well as the birthplace of Anji White Tea. The area contains historical and cultural heritage sites such as the Shangmakan Paleolithic Site, the Ming Dynasty Hengshan Temple, and Liangtinggang, as well as distinctive white tea industry buildings like China White Tea Street and China White Tea?. The administrative village is named after Xilong within its territory, with its base located at Liangtinggang. It was formed in November 2007 through the merger of Hengshan Village and Xilong Village. The current village area… More details about Xilong Village++

Further Reading:

· Fifth Batch of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units

· Seventh Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units