7,000-Year-Old Relics Unearthed In NW China

Northern Light/Xinhua ^ | 10-14-2002

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7,000-year-old relics unearthed in NW China

Story Filed: Monday, October 14, 2002 10:22 PM EST

XI'AN, Oct 15, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- About 300 pieces of pottery, jade and bone utensil relics have been unearthed in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

Ash pits and ruins of houses and tombs dating from 7,000 to 600 years ago were dug up by Chinese archaeologists in an area covering over 2,500 sq meters of Shaanxi's Baoji County.

More than 100 pottery utensils unearthed were complete or restorable, according to the archaeologists.

Most of the Neolithic pottery, including bowls, cups, pots and vases, are made of red and brown earth, and a few are dark or gray. Archaeologists said they are in delicate condition and covered with pretty designs.

Among the bone utensils discovered, a knife attracted the most attention from the archaeologists. With graphics on its hilt and blade, it is believed to have a cutting edge made of stone.

Experts said the find proves that ancient residents here learned how to made complicated tools out of bone and stone as long as 7,000 years ago, during the Neolithic Age.

The unearthed relics display a broader picture of the Neolithic culture along the upper reaches of the Yellow River, believed to be one of the cradles of Chinese civilization, archaeologists noted.

Copyright 2002 XINHUA NEWS AGENCY

[the-ironically-named-proverbs2]

thanks

[aruanan]

Guess: the cutting edge is missing from the frame.

I wondered that myself but saw that they said "...believed to be....", indicating something there not yet identified, not "...believed to have been....", indicating something that used to be there but no longer is.

[aruanan]

Maybe bone or stone not, stone or metal, huh?

Yeah, probably bone or stone.

[blam]

"Did you see this article?"

Sounds familiar, thanks for adding it.

[scouse]

The Berry Island area can be seen on the map to the left, highlighted in the red area. The Berry Islands consist of approximately 12 square miles of surface area to the North of Andros Island. Recently an incredible find has been made via satellite imagery of what appears to be an enormous terraformed triangular area under the water off of the Berry Islands.

This triangular feature appears to have been artificially created, due to it's unnatural shape.

View the images below of this incredible feature. Could this be evidence for a lost civilization?

" http://www.satellitediscoveries.com/discov/triangle.html"

Another interesting article

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"Is this striking triangular feature evidence of terraforming on a cyclopean megalithic scale? What was the purpose of this triangular depressed area?"

I'm reeaal suspicious of articles that ask me to answer the questions.

Example: "Could these three unusual marks in this field be where the UFO's landed."

[LostTribe]

>you were telling me were from the Altai mountain region?

Hmmm. I thought you were telling me about it? You are the resident expert on the subject of what happened EAST of the Caucasus mountains. {ggg}.

[blam]

The Altaics

I thought you had told me that some of the folks you follow were associated with this region at one time. (some connection?)

[manna]

Thanks ...