Liucun Site

Liucun Site

The Liucun Site is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Hebei Province.

The Liucun Site is a Neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site, located 1.5 kilometers west of Anxin County and 300 meters north of Liucun Village, 1.5 kilometers south of the Xin’an North Dyke of Baiyangdian Lake. The site is rectangular in shape, measuring 250 meters in length and 200 meters in width, covering an area of 50,000 square meters. The terrain was originally slightly higher than the surrounding areas and was referred to by locals as “Gedingingding.” This site was discovered in the 1950s and later listed as one of the first batch of cultural heritage sites protected at the provincial level in Hebei Province.

The site is well-preserved. Surface cultural remains include a large number of pottery shards as well as stone tools, deer antlers, animal bones, and clam shells. In 1986, the Baoding Regional Cultural Relics Management Office and the Anxin County Culture Bureau conducted the first excavation at the Liucun Site. Based on the cultural layer stratigraphy and unearthed artifacts, the upper layer is identified as the later cultural stratum, where a large number of pottery shards were found, including vessels such as folded-rim jars, restricted-mouth jars, red-topped bowls, pots, plates, basins, pottery spoons, pottery supports, and tripod leg components. The lower layer contains fewer pottery shards than the upper layer, but the main vessel types are largely the same, with finds including pottery jars, basins, cauldrons, stone grinding plates, stone grinding rods, and supports. Analysis of the excavation data indicates that the Liucun Site is a late Yangshao culture site with some elements of Longshan culture. The site was designated as a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Hebei Province in 1982.

Further Reading:

· Second Batch of Cultural Heritage Sites Protected at the Provincial Level in Hebei Province