Gao Gaodui Site

Gao Gaodui Site

The Gao Gaodui Site is a cultural heritage site protected by Chengwu County.

The Gao Gaodui Site is located in Gao Gaodui Village, Baifutu Town, Chengwu County. It currently stands 4 meters high, measures 50 meters from east to west and 63 meters from north to south, covering an area of 3,150 square meters. Drilling surveys reveal that the original site was 90 meters long from east to west, 85 meters wide from north to south, with a total area of approximately 7,650 square meters. The subsurface stratigraphy is as follows: from the surface down, the first 90 centimeters consist of yellow sandy soil, from 90 to 110 centimeters is grayish-brown soil, from 110 to 150 centimeters is gray-black soil, from 150 to 260 centimeters is grayish-yellow soil, and natural soil has not yet been reached even at 280 centimeters. This indicates that the site has a thick accumulation layer with relatively abundant artifacts. Collected samples include a fine-sand-tempered cord-marked grayish-brown pottery yan (a type of ancient cooking vessel), plain, grid-patterned, and cord-marked gray pottery jars, plain basins, plates, cord-marked urns, vessel lids, clamshell chains, and stone knives. Artifacts from the Yueshi culture include sand-tempered red pottery jars. From the Shang Dynasty, there are coarse-sand-tempered red pottery li (tripod cauldrons) and plain basins. From the Eastern Zhou period, there are dou (bean-shaped vessels) and vats. During excavation, bronze swords and ge (halberds) from the Warring States period were unearthed, and remnants of Western Han Dynasty tombs can still be found on the cliff face.

The Chengwu County Annals record: Gao Gaodui Village was originally called Gao Zuoguo, covering an area of about 5 mu. During the Chongzhen era of the Ming Dynasty, a temple dedicated to Yuanshi Tianzun was built here, along with a temple stele. In 1938, the temple was demolished and the stele was destroyed. The Gao Gaodui Site has a relatively thick cultural deposit and a long continuity of periods, spanning from the Longshan Culture through the Yueshi, Shang, Western Zhou, to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, with cultural remains from five historical phases appearing without interruption. Therefore, it holds significant importance for establishing the sequence of ancient cultures in the Heze region.

In 1989, the Gao Gaodui Site was listed by the Chengwu County People's Government as one of the first batch of cultural heritage conservation units.

Source: Heze Municipal Office of Local Chronicles

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