Release date: August 27, 2008 09: 26 | Author: finishing | Source: Mysterious Earth | View times: 3 times.

The cultural relics survey carried out this year in Gaoming District has made a new discovery: after preliminary research, the strange stones scattered near Xikeng Reservoir in Yanghe Town in this area were originally stone tools used by human beings in the Neolithic Age, about 3000 to 3500 years ago.

Archaeologists believe that this area is very likely to be the processing place of Paleolithic tools or the residence of ancient humans in history.

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Experts infer that banana-shaped stone tools are "stone knives"

Yesterday, the reporter saw in the Gaoming District Museum that when the staff piled the collected stone tools and pottery pieces together, most of them had fixed shapes, some were long strips, some were shaped like bananas, and some were flat. Although some stone tools are incomplete, you can still see the polished marks.

Among these stone tools, a banana-shaped stone tool has been inferred as a "stone knife" by cultural relics surveyors. Archaeologists told reporters that according to their preliminary research, these stone tools were mostly semi-finished tools at that time, mainly used for hunting and cooking. There are also some small stones with marks on their surfaces, and archaeologists are still exploring their uses.

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Why did the ancients go up the mountain to process stone tools?

According to Gaoming Cultural Department, the investigation originated from a report by a cultural relic collector in Gaoming District about the discovery of suspected Neolithic tools in Xikeng Reservoir in Yanghe Town. On the 20th of this month, the staff of Gaoming District Museum and cultural relics surveyors rushed to Xikeng Reservoir after receiving the report, and made further excavation and textual research on the site.

According to relevant archaeologists, "this excavation site is a place that is not easy to be discovered. You need both boating and climbing. " After many twists and turns, they finally found stone tools and rope pottery pieces suspected of being "stone knives" on a mountain near Xikeng Reservoir.

Since no one lives near the archaeological site, archaeologists can't help wondering why stone tools appeared on the mountain and why people went to the mountain to process them.

In this regard, the person in charge of the Gaoming District Museum said that at present, the cultural department cannot draw conclusions on these issues. "This may be because the geological conditions at that time were different from now."

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There are as many as 8 ancient stone tools unearthed in Gaoming.

In recent years, with the deepening of archaeological work, many ancient human activity sites have been discovered in Gaoming District. Among them, the more influential sites include the Gaoming "Guye North Hill" site, which has been listed as one of the top ten archaeological discoveries.

Yesterday, according to the person in charge of the Gaoming District Museum, as of this year's cultural relics survey, there have been eight paleolithic excavations in Gaoming District, and various stone tools have been discovered and collected.

"According to this, Gaoming District was once one of the areas with frequent human activities in ancient times." Yesterday, the cultural department of Gaoming District said that in the next stage, they will also send personnel to comprehensively collect excavated objects with collectible value at various excavation sites and take measures to protect them. At the same time, the cultural department will also invite experts to further research the historical origin of the excavation site.

Guangzhou Daily Li Chuanzhi