Xiangzhou Shell Mound Site

Xiangzhou Shell Mound Site

The Xiangzhou Shell Mound Site is a cultural relics protection unit of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

A provincial-level key cultural relics protection unit. Located about 2 kilometers south of Xiangzhou County in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, it is one of the largest Neolithic shell mound sites discovered in Guangxi to date. The site extends from Nanshawan Sango in the south to Er’gou in Xiangzhou Town in the north, from the eastern bank of the Liujiang River in the west to the northeast gully of the old house at Fangjiaping in the east, measuring approximately 150 meters from north to south, 100 meters from east to west, and about 1 to 1.5 meters in stratigraphic height. Visible remains include shells of snails and clams, fossils of vertebrate bones, as well as sand-tempered pottery shards, stone axes, and stone adzes. Most of the stone tools are fan-shaped, tongue-shaped, or triangular. This shell mound site is currently the northernmost Neolithic riverside terrace shell mound site discovered in Guangxi, dating back approximately 10,000 years, and holds significant importance for the study of ancient human development history.