Stone coffin tomb in DAYISHAN

Stone coffin tomb in DAYISHAN

Located in Qingfengling, east foot of Dayi mountain, Renzhuang Village, Yishan Town, Guanyun County, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, the tomb was first discovered in 1981. From 1985 to 1986, 62 Neolithic tombs were found, all of which were built with natural stone slabs.

DAYISHAN sarcophagus tomb is the earliest sarcophagus tomb found in China, which belongs to qingliangang culture. In November 1996, the stone coffin tomb in DAYISHAN was announced as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Basic introduction

DAYISHAN sarcophagus tomb is located in Qingfengling, east foot of DAYISHAN mountain, Renzhuang Village, Yishan Town, Guanyun County, Lianyungang City. When it was discovered in 1981, only part of the northwest corner of the site remained. The existing site is 70 meters long from east to west and 45 meters wide from north to south, with a total area of about 3000 square meters. It is 6500 years ago and is the earliest sarcophagus tomb ever found in China.

Two excavations

The rescue excavation was carried out from February to April 1985, and the second excavation was carried out from March to April 1986. The two excavations revealed a total area of 550 square meters, and 62 tombs in the early Neolithic age, one in Yueshi culture and one in the ash pit of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and 10 in the Han Dynasty were excavated. The cultural layer is about 1 meter thick with clear stratigraphic accumulation. There are 61 cultural sarcophagus tombs in the early Neolithic age, all of which are made of natural stone slabs on Dayi mountain.

Unearthed pottery

More than 170 Pieces of pottery, stone, bone and jade were unearthed. Stone tools are all ground, a few of which have traces of beating. The shapes of the tools are axes, axes, shovels, chisels, pestles, grinders, etc.; the bone tools are needles and cones; the jade tools are Huang, block, earrings, etc.; the pottery is mainly made of red brown pottery with sand and muddy red pottery, all of which are hand-made. Common utensils include cauldron, tripod, bowl, basin, pot, bottle, support, file, etc. Decorative patterns mainly include additional pile pattern, narrow pile pattern, ruding pattern and carved pattern. The basic combination of burial pottery in tombs is cauldron, bowl, pot or tripod, bowl and basin. The cauldron and cauldron are mostly with waist edge, the bowl is mostly flat bottom, and some of them are "red top bowls" covering the head of the dead. Six of them have carved symbols at the bottom.

Cultural relics protection

DAYISHAN stone coffin tomb is later than Beixin culture and earlier than Dawenkou Culture. Because it is located in the intersection area of North and South culture, it has the characteristics of Neolithic culture in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. At the same time, it also has its own unique cultural factors and belongs to qingliangang culture.

It was announced as the fourth batch of cultural relics protection units in Jiangsu Province in April 1995 and the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units in November 1996.

Address: east foot of DAYISHAN scenic spot, Lingyuan Road, Yishan Town, Guanyun County, Lianyungang City

Longitude: 119.24934855352

Latitude: 34.314238558755

Tel: DAYISHAN scenic area Tel: 0518-888630

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of DAYISHAN scenic spot