Scientists uncover 'satellite city' ruins in Shaanxi   

中國史前最大古城遺址發(fā)現(xiàn)“衛(wèi)星城”

陜西省考古研究院22日通報(bào)，在距離我國史前最大古城神木石峁古城遺址南方約20公里處，考古人員意外發(fā)現(xiàn)一處相當(dāng)于龍山文化中晚期的聚落“寨峁梁遺址”，其時(shí)代、建筑形制和器物類型等特征跟石峁古城具有明顯關(guān)聯(lián)，誠如聚邑成都般地構(gòu)成了石峁古城的“衛(wèi)星城”。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Chinese archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient satellite city 20 kilometers south of China's largest prehistorical ruins at Shimao, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.

The city consists of 66 houses, ten round craters, three square craters, and has revealed another 200 small cultural relics, according to Sun Zhouyong, vice president of Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Institute.

Representing the middle and late period of Longshan Culture, which dates back to Neolithic times, the architectural form and date of the unearthed finds have significant links with the city of Shimao, which lay in Shenmu county.

Many small settlements surrounded Shimao, emerging on the Northern Shaanxi Plateau along the Yellow River, archaeologists have said.

The discovery offers further insights on the formation and development of early states and civilizations, and on the prehistory of Loess Plateau and its complex development.