Longshan Culture in Longshan Period

Longshan culture was first discovered because of the excavation of Chengziya site in Longshan Town, Jinan, Shandong Province. Longshan culture existed in the late Neolithic period in China from 2900 BC to 2 100 BC. During this period, agriculture and animal husbandry in Shaanxi developed greatly compared with Yangshao culture, and the number and types of production tools also increased greatly. The technology of fast-spinning pottery became more common, which greatly improved production efficiency. At the same time, witchcraft activities such as divination are also very popular. From the social form, it had entered the patriarchal society at that time, private property had appeared and began to enter the threshold of class society.

In Longshan culture, the most striking thing is black pottery products. Black pottery originated from people's daily utensils, and then gradually walked out of daily life because of its fragile texture. Nowadays, black pottery is regarded as a work of art for people to appreciate.

Longshan cultural sites are mostly distributed in Shandong Peninsula. Similar sites have been found in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Liaodong Peninsula, Jiangsu and Hubei. This culture is characterized by many thin, hard and shiny black pottery, especially eggshell black pottery, so it is also called "black pottery culture".

In addition to pottery, Longshan culture has a large number of stone tools, bones and mussels. They are mainly engaged in agriculture, hunting, fishing and raising livestock. Have the habit of physiognomy divination. And copper gas may have been present. The cultural origin of Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties in history may be related to Longshan culture.

On April 9, Yantai Museum announced that the second phase of the archaeological discovery of Wutai Site in Yantai found 2/kloc-0 ancient tombs, 2/kloc-0 bones, pottery pots, pots and other more than 20 finely carved funerary objects. According to stratigraphic speculation, the tombs belong to the tombs of Longshan period. Most of the bones unearthed this time maintained a strange and unified posture-the body curled up and squeezed into a narrow grave, looking like a baby in the mother's body. The staff also found pig bones and bone needles in the tomb, presumably eating pigs and sewing clothes.