Jiumuqiu Neolithic Site

Jiumuqiu Neolithic Site

The Jiumuqiu Neolithic Site is a cultural heritage protection unit of Dongtou County.

The Jiumuqiu Neolithic Site is located in Jiumuqiu, Fengmen Village, Beiao Town, Dongtou County, covering an area of approximately 2,500 square meters. Artifacts unearthed include: stone adzes, chisels, arrowheads, knives, axes, and pottery spinning whorls from the late Neolithic period; black-glazed pottery and basket-patterned stamped hard pottery from the Shang and Zhou dynasties; grid-patterned hard pottery and primitive celadon bean-shaped vessels from the Warring States period; celadon-glazed spotted four-handled plate-mouthed ewers from the Eastern Jin Dynasty; bowls, jars, cups, plates, and ewers from the Tang Dynasty; jars and bowls from the Five Dynasties period; celadon bottles from the Song Dynasty; kiln pad tools from the Yuan Dynasty, among a large quantity of other relics. The most commonly found artifacts are sandy clay pedestals, which come in shapes such as cylinders, square pillars, cones, discs, and waist-tapering flared forms—all solid, coarse, and hard in texture. The site’s cultural layers have a complex structure: the upper layer consists of smelting ash deposits and pottery molds, kiln tools, and kiln slag from the Song and Yuan dynasties, similar to smelting sites found in Zhoushan, our province; the middle layer contains earthen pit tombs from the Tang Dynasty; and the lower layer holds late Neolithic stone tools similar to those of the third phase of the Tanshishan Culture in Fujian Province.

Source: Wenzhou Museum