New Discovery of a Special Site of Liao and Jin Dynasties (907-1234 A.D.) in Jilin Province at Northeast China

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Around 2010, an ancient site was confirmed in the west area of Jilin Province at northeast China, which named Chun-Na-Bo Site Group (春捺钵遗址群). Without any systematical archaeological research, it was considered to have something to do with the Spring Fishing and Hunting Trip of the Emperors of Liao and Jin Dynasties. From 2013-2018, we carried out a lot of targeted investigation and excavation. This Site Group consists of four zones, which all located at grassland area near waters, and the ancient human’s activity areas were all distributed on the soil platforms above the ground surface. There are more or less typical relics of Liao and Jin Dynasties in every soil platform, and hardly anything else of other periods. In some excavated soil platforms, we also discovered some special architectural and field life remains. Based on our work, we have two preliminary conclusions. First, the archaeological investigation shows that Chun-Na-Bo Site Group was different from most ancient sites in China. Second, to a certain extent, the characteristics of Chun-Na-Bo Site Group are similar to the historical records about the location and activities of Spring Fishing and Hunting Trip of the Emperors of Liao and Jin Dynasties.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23260