Rice, Water and the Settlement at Qujialing
Qujialing in Jingmen introduces early farming through excavated settlement remains, pottery and the relationship between cultivation and water.
Qujialing is an archaeological site in Jingmen and gives its name to a Neolithic culture of the middle Yangtze region. Excavation brings together traces of settlement, pottery and farming rather than the biography of a single founding person. The place matters because evidence recovered from the ground can be compared across sites and layers to reconstruct changing ways of living.
Qujialing in Jingmen introduces early farming through excavated settlement remains, pottery and the relationship between cultivation and water.