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Beishouling Neolithic Site 北首岭遗址Běishǒulǐng Yízhǐ

National heritage site · Baoji, Shaanxi

Beishouling Neolithic Site (北首岭遗址)
Photo: 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 3.0
Time needed
1 hour
Days to budget
Half a day
City
Baoji
Region
Shaanxi
Type
Heritage
Listed as
National heritage site

About Beishouling Neolithic Site

A Neolithic village site of about 6 ha on a terrace on the west bank of the Jinling River in northern Baoji, occupied from about 5100 to 3790 BC. Excavated between 1958 and 1978, it has a lower layer of the late Dadiwan culture and upper layers of the Yangshao (Banpo type) culture and yielded painted pottery such as a boat-shaped jar and a pot showing a waterbird pecking a fish; a museum now protects and displays part of the site.

How to get to Beishouling Neolithic Site

In northern Baoji about 1 km north-east of Jintai Temple, a short taxi ride from Baoji railway station.

Nearby

Also within 20 km: Jintai Taoist Temple 金台观 (under 10 km), Tomb of Li Maozhen, Prince of Qin 大唐秦王陵 (under 10 km), Changleyuan Wartime Industrial Site (Shenxin Cotton Mill) 长乐塬抗战工业遗址 (under 10 km).

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