Shanchengmao Site

Shanchengmao Site

Shanchengmao Site is a cultural relic protection unit of Shanxi Province.

Shanchengmao Site

Shanchengmao Site (Fourth Batch of Provincial Protected Sites)

Period: Neolithic Age

Location: Jiulao Village, Loufan Town, Loufan County

It is a site of late Yangshao culture and early Longshan culture. The site has a dense distribution and a large area, starting from the ancient city wall ruins of old Loufan Town on the western shore of Fenhe Reservoir, forming along the mountain and extending gently westward for about 800 meters, with a width of 350 meters from north to south. The total area of the site is approximately 350,000 square meters. It has been dated to approximately 5,000 to 4,300 years ago.

The site mainly dates from the middle to late Neolithic Age, extending latest to the Xia and Shang periods, encompassing cultural elements of Yangshao, Miaodigou Phase II, and Longshan cultures. Artifacts unearthed include high-necked jars, basins, polished red clay lidded bowls from the late Yangshao period, as well as bone and stone tools; from the Longshan culture, there are gray clay basket-patterned flared-rim basins, folded-shoulder jars, as well as sand-mixed gray-brown cord-marked and appliqué-patterned jars. In addition, stone axes and stone knives have also been collected.

Further Reading:

· Fourth Batch of Cultural Relic Protection Units of Shanxi Province