Brief Introduction of Chengtoushan Site in Lixian County

Chengtou Mountain in Lixian County is named after Chengtou Mountain in Nanyue Village, Chexi Town, Lixian County. The city site was built from the early Qujialing culture to the late Daxi culture, 5000 years ago, and it is the earliest ancient city site found in China.

1996 to 65438+February to 1997, Hunan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology excavated an ancient city site in Chengtoushan, Chexi Town, Lixian County, and cleared up a number of relics such as bones, bone drills, bone chisels, wooden knives, pottery and jade articles. Through the anatomy of the southwest city wall, it is confirmed that the ancient city wall was built four times, one of which was built more than 6000 years ago during the Daxi culture period, and it is one of the earliest ancient city sites found in China. When excavating under the wall of Dongcheng, a paddy field of Tangjiagang culture with an area of over 100 square meter and a history of 6500 years was discovered. Ridges and ditches are clearly distinguishable, and a large number of carbonized rice, rice leaves and rice stalks are also found. This is the earliest paddy field found in the world at present, which is of great significance to the study of rice cultivation history.