Prehistoric cobbled road found in Jiangxi

People's Daily Online ^ | Thursday, December 09, 2010 | Ye Xin

[SunkenCiv]

A prehistoric archeological site with an area of about 600 square meters has been under excavation in Jin'an County, China's Jiangxi Province since October 2009. More than 1,000 cultural relics have been unearthed. On Dec. 3, 2010, a cobbled road 4 meters in length and 90 centimeters wide was found at the archeological site. The road paved with cobblestones dates back to prehistoric times. Evidence shows that it is the earliest road in Jiangxi.

A prehistoric cobbled road is found in Jiangxi. (photo:jxnews.com.cn)

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[bgill]

That would be heck in high heels.

[UCANSEE2]

Prehistoric cobble roads.

They had wheeled vehicles back then?

[SunkenCiv]

Should have stuck to walking on the beach sand, because — hey, wait a minute...

[SunkenCiv]

The wheel is pretty old. There have been improvements of course. :’)

[UCANSEE2]

This road is made of prehistoric cobblestones too.

[UCANSEE2]

You mean like whitewalls?

[JoeProBono]

Jiangxi Province June 12, 2005, marking the opening of an international art festival that highlights ancient China's exorcism customs.

[marsh2]

They must have. Otherwise why would they cobble it unless it was unfirm land. Also shows a pretty sophisticated culture with a division of power and an economy. They obviously managed to harness mass labor and to afford to diversify tasks in such a way that those people didn’t need to spend their day on tasks to feed, shelter and cloth themselves.

[UCANSEE2]

I think the concept that they were not as ‘intelligent’ as ‘we’ are, is a mistake of modern culture.

There could be other reasons for men in prehistoric times constructing a cobblestone path. Basically the same reasons ‘modern’ men do.

I think men can do, and have always done, anything they chose. What they chose to do depends on the environment they have to live in.

They built this prehistoric path, because they needed it, or because it looked nice in their yard.

[seowulf]

I think men can do, and have always done, anything they chose.

Fewer environmental regulations then. I'm thinking they didn't have some bureaucrat harping on them about the impermeability of the pavement and how that the runoff was bad for the fish.

[Mayr Fortuna]

Hey Americans?

See how old this history on earmarks is?

That´s the perfect example of base line budget, the road to nowhere that nobody can use...

Nothing new under the sky ain´t it?

[SunkenCiv]

[singing] If I knew Jiangxi like you know Jiangxi...

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

90 cm wide is a road?

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

4 meters in length is a road?

[SunkenCiv]

They didn’t want to travel far because they had no cars. ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s off to work they go.

[InternetTuffGuy]

“Hey, who knocked over my stone wall?” ~ Chang Li’s ghost

[InternetTuffGuy]