Maojiayu Site

Maojiayu Site

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

Located about 150 meters south of Maojiayu in Bai Tiaopu, Dacheng Township, Qichun County. The site covers an area of approximately 30,000 square meters, with a cultural layer about 2.5 meters thick. Excavated in 1958, it revealed traces of wooden structures from the Western Zhou Dynasty spanning around 5,000 square meters, including 280 wooden piles with diameters of 20 centimeters, as well as some wooden plank walls and large laid planks. Unearthed Neolithic pottery was mainly composed of sand-tempered red pottery, followed by sand-tempered brown pottery, with a small amount of sand-tempered black pottery. Decorations included basket patterns, and vessel types included tripods, jars, vats, bowls, and spinning whorls, characteristic of the Shijiahe culture. Western Zhou bronze artifacts included wine vessels, adzes, vats, bowls, and spinning whorls, belonging to the Shijiahe culture. Western Zhou bronze items such as wine cups, adzes, knives, and arrowheads, as well as pottery mainly made of sand-tempered red pottery, followed by sand-tempered gray pottery, and a small amount of sand-tempered brown pottery, featured decorations such as rope patterns, applied ridge patterns, and string patterns. Vessel types included li tripods, dou stem bowls, and jars. Artifacts from the Qin and Han dynasties included sand-tempered gray pottery with rope patterns, such as tubular tiles and flat tiles.

Further reading:

· Second Batch of Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units

· Seventh Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units