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Top Ten Archeological Discoveries in 2004

 
 
      The prehistoric site at Beifudi in Yixian County of North China's Hebei Province    
      A great number of dwellings, ash-pits, jade-pieces, stone pieces, potteries, and especially a lot of carved ceramic masks have been have been found at the site.    
      Tomb area in the Fresh and Cool Temple in Ruicheng of North China's Shanxi Province    
      A total of 262 tombs have been dug up here with the excavation of more than 200 articles of jade pieces, jade battle-axes , and hollow and rectangular jade pieces.    
      Palatial site at Erlitou, Yanshi, Henan Province    
      Palaces and walls as well as rammed-earth foundations have been excavated. Important relics, such as wheel tracks, large rammed earth bases, and the remains of turquoise-making workshops, were also found.    
       Xiaohe tomb site at Lop Nor in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
      The site in Northwest China was first discovered in early last century and excavated in 1934 by a Swedish archeologist. Altogether 167 tombs have been dug up since the end of 2002, unearthing thousands of precious relics.    
      A ruined city site of Western Zhou at Tanheli of Ningxiang County in Central China's Hunan Province    
      A city wall of the Western Zhou Period was found here, bringing to light the two large-sized artificial building sites of yellow earth and uncovering two large-sized sites of houses of possible palatial buildings.    
      Tombs for nobles of the Kingdom of Yue at Hongshan in Wuxi of East China's Jiangsu Province
      More than 2,000 pieces of burial articles were found from the seven excavated tombs.    
      Ruins of the Southern Gate of the Palace Wall of the Dragon City in the Sanyan period of the Sixteen States at Chaoyang in Northeast China's Liaoning Province    
       More than 10,000 square meters was excavated from July 2003 to December 2004, revealing a great number of cultural relics.    
 
      Two tombs of the Southern Han in the Guangzhou University City area in South China's Guangdong Province    
        Two large brick-tombs of the Southern Han Period were found respectively at Qinggang of Beiting Village to the west of the Xiaogu Circular Islet and at Major Fragrant Hill.    
      Ruins of an imperial street of the Southern Song Dynasty along Yanguan Lane in Hangzhou of East China's Zhejiang Province    
      Many important ruins of the Southern Song Dynasty were unearthed, including an imperial street and its bridge ramp and pier, roads, palace site, surrounding walls, waterway, and stonework sluice as well as a stone-slab street.    
      Ruins of a Brewery for Jiannanchun Liquor at Chengguan Town in Mianzhu of Southwest China's Sichuan Province    
The site revealed a large group of ruins in close connection with the technology for liquor brewing, including the water-wells, wine-cellars, stoves and ovens, cooling halls, water-drainages, ponds, and wall-base and so on.
         
  
 

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