Xi'an Mattekong site found the earliest tile tile in our country, exploring new materials for Chinese tile origin

Author:CCTV News Client Time:2022.06.28

The Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology revealed that in the archeological excavation of archeologists in Xi'an Mattekong Site, three utensils were unearthed similar to the tile shape system. This is the earliest tiles in China in China. New materials.

The Mattekong Site is located in the Mattekong Village, Yanya District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, with an existing area of ​​about 30,000 square meters. From 2016 to 2018, the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeological Research conducted archeological excavations on the site and cemetery of the Matengkong site. In the cleaning of the f139 of the late -time half -ground atmosphere, 3 utensils were unearthed as utensils that can be distinguished as tiles.

Ban tiles and tube tiles are necessary materials for buildings above the high levels of ancient China. The literature records in Xia Daiwa has appeared, but for a long time, according to archeological discovery, the use of tiles in the use of tiles was first used in high -level buildings in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The tiles were not found before or less.

In recent years, the discovery of the prehistoric and Xiaeshang periods about the archeological materials of Taowa refreshed people's understanding of ancient buildings. At present, the era of my country's first discovery of Tao tile has reached the period of Longshan Culture. Typical sites. It is a groove -shaped plate tile and cylindrical tile discovered by Yan'an Lushan Site, Shiji Site, and Bridge Town, Baoji Chencang District. However, during the Longshan Cultural period, the panel tiles and tube tiles have been used in higher -level buildings, and the distribution range is relatively wide. Essence Archaeologists have inferred that this is no longer the original form of tiles.

The three -piece tile -shaped utensils unearthed in the late F139 site of the Mattekong Site. The complete edges are relatively neat and obvious cutting marks. There is a round wear on the corner of the front end of the front end. Successfully, the same practice as the pottery board unearthed at the Tao Temple site. Although it is unclear, its use position and usage method is not yet clear, but its shape is the same as the Lirong Mountain period system unearthed or collected by the descendants of Baogiqiao Town, Yan'an Lushan, Shenmu Shiwu site, and the collection of or collected by the Sichuan Museum. The upper limit of the tile provides new materials.

According to archeologists, in the late Yangshao culture, the site of the Lantian New Street site in the same area and the same period of the same period as the Ma Tengkong site has also appeared. During the period, the prototypes of bricks and tiles of ancient Chinese building materials have appeared. The discovery of the "bricks" and "tiles" in the late stages of Yangshao has provided more important empirical materials for the origin of brick and tile building materials and the study of architectural history.

(Original title: Xi'an Mattekong site found the earliest tile tile in our country, exploring new materials for Chinese tile origin)

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