The Songze Culture was a Neolithic culture that existed between 3800 and 3300 BCE in the Lake Tai area near Shanghai .
4-465: Three radiocarbon dates were taken from Songze culture layers at Jiangli near Lake Tai . Two of the dates were obtained from charred rice grains, returning dates of 3360–3090 BCE and 3540–3370 BCE. The third date was taken from knotgrass and produced a date of 3660–3620 BCE. Although it is accepted to be the successor of the Majiabang culture , others have suggested that Songze was a successor phase to
8-587: The Hemudu culture . In 1957, archaeologists discovered a site north of Songze Village near Zhaoxiang Town Chinese : 赵巷镇 in Shanghai's Qingpu District . Excavations have been conducted throughout 1961, 1974–1976, 1987, 1994–1995, and 2004. These revealed three cultural layers: the most recent had pottery from the Spring and Autumn period ; the middle layer was a cemetery with 148 graves and numerous artefacts;
12-520: The Nanjing Museum in 2008–2009. The site is divided into three areas: area 1 was a small cemetery of 27 burials, all of which had different quantities of grave goods , which has been used to suggest the existence of a stratified society ; area 2 was a residential comprising five buildings in the centre of the site; area 3 was another burial ground in the site's west, with 10 tombs. Lake Tai Too Many Requests If you report this error to
16-466: The oldest layer belonged to a village of the Majiabang culture . 92 graves have been excavated from a Songze cemetery at Nanhebang. The Pishan cemetery contained 61 burials. Dongshan Village is located near Jingang Town 18 km west of Zhangjiagang . It was discovered in 1989 and has undergone excavations by the Suzhou Museum (1989–1990), followed by two large rescue excavations led by
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