Shijia Site

Shijia Site

The Shijia Site is a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level.

Period: Neolithic Age to Shang Dynasty

The Shijia Site is located south of Shijia Village, Tianzhuang Town, Huantai County, stretching approximately 600 meters from north to south and about 500 meters in width. It is an important Yueshi Culture relic site. In May 2013, it was designated by the State Council as part of the seventh batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level. Artifacts from the Neolithic Age excavated at the Shijia Site and its surrounding sites fully demonstrate the profound primitive cultural heritage of Huantai County. Among the cultural strata found at sites such as Qianbu, Tangshan, Louzi, and Lizhai in Huantai County, relics from the Beixin Culture have been identified. Artifacts from the Dawenkou Culture have been unearthed at sites including Qianbu, Shijia, Tangshan, Lizhai, Xincheng, Xunzhao, Dazhai, and Xiaopang. These include pottery and painted patterns—many featuring wave motifs, triangular designs, sun patterns, floral patterns, string patterns, net patterns, and sun-moon motifs—all rich in period characteristics. The burial customs are also unique and singular, with the Dawenkou-period burial area at Lizhai covering approximately 30 square meters and showing continuity across early, middle, and late phases along a single line. Analysis based on the quantity of burial goods indicates that social stratification had emerged by the middle Dawenkou period. By the middle phase of the matrilineal clan society, it was no longer a purely primitive communist society—clan privileged classes had begun to form.

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Further Reading:

· Third Batch of Shandong Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units

· Seventh Batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level