Archaeology of Cultural Relics in Wanggedu Reservoir

In order to cooperate with the construction of Wanggedu Reservoir in Wuding River Blocking Project in Yulin City, it started from June 20 10 and lasted for four months. Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology and Yulin Archaeological Exploration Team jointly excavated the flooded area, dam site area and immigrant area of the reservoir, and successively excavated three cultural sites, namely Yangjiesha, Dagu Street and Wangyangpan.

Yangjiesha site is similar to Archean site in appearance. Archaeologists excavated a large number of pottery, stone tools, bones and jade articles, and found 32 houses and 93 ash pits. According to the characteristics of the ruins and cave houses, they all belong to the late Yangshao ruins. Wang Yang Pan Site is located at about 1km south of Wuding River, with 7 houses, 62 ash pits and 3 tombs found. Judging from the unearthed cultural relics, Wang Yang Pan site belongs to Longshan cultural site.

Many buildings in these three sites have been destroyed, only the ground of the main room remains, and the traces of doorways are still clearly visible. Many floors are coated with a layer of white ash, with a thickness of 0.3 cm to 1 cm, while others are double or triple layers of white ash. Archaeologists believe that this means that people at that time have learned to use white ash to prevent moisture.