Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Culture
Home / Culture / Heritage

Carbon dating confirms age of 3,800-year-old pottery bird statue

Xinhua | Updated: 2017-07-13 10:25
Share
Share - WeChat

A staff member of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows a pottery bird statue in Xinmi, Central China's Henan province, July 10, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Carbon dating has recently confirmed the age of a 3,800-year-old red pottery bird statue, unearthed in Central China's Henan province.

The statue, 16 cm long and 7 cm tall, was painted red with cinnabar, which suggests it may have been an item of worship, according to archeologists.

The item was found at the ruins of the city of Xinzhai, discovered in 1979 and believed to be founded by Qi, king during the Xia Dynasty, as early as 2050 BC.

Zhao Chunqing, from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said the statue indicates totemistic bird worshiping in prehistoric China.

A large number of pottery utensils and stone tools have been discovered in the same pit, as well as an urn decorated with a leaf design and a cone-shaped tripod with pierced decoration.

According to historical documents about the Xia, believed to be China's first dynasty, Qi's son Taikang lost power and was driven out of the city by tribal leader Houyi, who was later defeated by another tribe leader Hanzhuo.

Geng Guangxiang, an archeologist working on the Xinzhai project, said previous research suggested that both of these tribes worshipped bird totems, therefore the statue may have come from that period.

He added that Xinzhai continued to serve as the capital during the power struggles until Qi's descendant Shaokang took control of the Dynasty.

 

1 2 3 4 5 Next   >>|
Most Popular
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 无人视频在线观看免费播放影院| 男的把j伸进女人p图片动态| 大陆一级毛片免费视频观看i| 久久国产精品二国产精品| 404款禁用软件onlyyou| 最近中文字幕2019高清视频| 国产亚洲精品aa片在线观看网站 | 亚洲码欧美码一区二区三区| 蜜挑成熟时k8经典网| 国产精品无码无在线观看| 久久国产精品久久精品国产| 毛片网站是多少| 国产成人AV无码精品| 中文字幕久精品免费视频| 欧美三级在线观看视频| 国产主播一区二区三区| 2019中文字幕在线观看| 好男人官网在线播放| 久久精品中文字幕无码绿巨人| 精品无码中出一区二区| 国自产拍亚洲免费视频| 中文字幕亚洲欧美日韩不卡| 最近中文AV字幕在线中文| 亚洲精品无码mv在线观看| 美国式禁忌免费| 国产精品美女久久久久| 久久久国产精品无码免费专区| 欧美日韩电影网| 国产一区日韩二区欧美三区 | 国产日韩一区二区三区在线播放| 99re国产视频| 好男人社区神马www| 中文字幕欧美在线| 欧美老熟妇乱子伦视频| 国产亚洲精品精品国产亚洲综合| 18分钟处破好疼哭视频在线| 女人让男人免费桶爽30分钟| 亚洲av无码一区二区三区在线播放 | 久久五月天婷婷| 果冻传媒麻豆电影| 亚洲日本中文字幕天天更新|