Poles point to Yunnan Neolithic age site

More than 2,000 wooden poles recently unearthed at a site in Jianchuan county, have been found to be more than 3,000 years old.

The poles, still standing, were dug 4.5 m into the ground.

Archaeologists said carbon tests showed the poles were from the Neolithic age, and were probably the foundations for a structure built by a community that existed at the time in southwest China...

Excavation of the site is still going on. A total of 28 excavations have been made so far of an area that covers 1,350 sq m. Min Rui, a researcher at the Yunnan Archaeological Institute who leads the excavation, said the area could eventually cover 4 sq km...

Archaeologists have also found more than 3,000 artifacts made of stone, as well as pottery, wood, iron and bones. The most eye-catching piece is a red jar, Min said.

The site, which lies on the banks of the Jianhu Lake, was discovered in 1957 during the construction of a canal. Broken pieces of pottery were found nearby. Excavation started in January this year - five decades after the discovery.

Archaeologists excavate a site from the Neolithic age in Jianchuan county, Dali, Southwest China's Yunnan Province. [China Daily]

1 posted on 07/24/2008 12:23:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

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2 posted on 07/24/2008 12:24:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)

I might expect Poles in Russia, but China? Is this some kind of joke?

3 posted on 07/24/2008 1:43:53 AM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)

MUCH APPRECIATED. THANKS.

4 posted on 07/24/2008 2:39:46 AM PDT by Quix (WE HAVE THE OIL NOW http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3340274697167011147)

Poles? It was a neolithic strip joint...

5 posted on 07/24/2008 3:29:02 AM PDT by mozarky2 (Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)

No big surprise. Just about every Chinese I meet tells me that their culture is 5,000 yrs old.

And I keep telling them its just the same year repeated 5,000 times.

6 posted on 07/24/2008 5:01:48 AM PDT by Tainan (Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)

LOL!

7 posted on 07/24/2008 7:56:48 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)

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