Xinhua
19 Feb 2025

(250219) -- BEIJING, Feb. 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows the potteries unearthed from the Siwa site in Lintao County, northwest China's Gansu Province. Six significant archaeological sites in China were named the top new discoveries in 2024, announced Wednesday at an annual forum hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

The honored sites include: the Dadong paleolithic site in Helong City, Jilin Province; the Xiatang neolithic site in Xianju County, Zhejiang Province; the Wuwangdun Tomb in Huainan City, Anhui Province; the Siwa site in Gansu Province, which features a Majiayao culture settlement dating back about 5,000 years; the Zhouyuan site in Shaanxi Province, known for its large rammed-earth structures from the pre-Zhou Dynasty period; and the Jingdezhen ceramic industry sites in Jiangxi Province.

The forum, first held in 2002, serves as a platform for announcing and exchanging the latest archaeological achievements and findings in China. (The Archaeology Journal/Handout via Xinhua)