7,000-Year-Old Site Discovered in Three GorgesChinese archeologists have discovered a site dating back to 7,000 years ago in the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River.They said that this is the first time a Neolithic site at its early stage was found in Chongqing Municipality and Sichuan Province on the upper reaches of the Yangtze. A large number of stone, bone and pottery tools and vessels have been unearthed in Fengdu City, inscribed with simple patterns. The relics are believed to have relations with prehistoric cultures in the middle reaches of the Yangtze. The finding overthrew the conclusion that cultures in the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze were isolated. The archeologists guess that the Three Gorges once served as a cultural link between tribes in different regions in ancient times. |
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