From 2020 to 2021,the Fenghao Team of the Institute of Archaeology,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences conducted excavations at the pottery-making site in Dayuan Village,Fengxi New City,Xixian New Area and uncovered various features,including pottery-firing kilns,midden pits,tombs,water wells,and hearth,alongside a large quantity of pottery and a small number of objects made of bone,shell,and stone.This site primarily served as a craft workshop for production of sand-tempered brown pottery"split crotch"li tripods,mainly dating to the early phase of the Late Western Zhou period,with a small number of features dating to the late phase of the Middle Western Zhou period.Uncovered features at the site are categorized by function,including pottery preform-making features,daily living features,and potters'burials,etc.,displaying characteristics of"the integration of production,dwelling,and burial"in spatial distribution,thus offering significant material for study of settlement patterns and craft production modes at the Fenghao site.
Xixian New City,ShaanxiFengjing SitePottery-Making WorkshopCraft Production ModeEarly Phase of the Late Western Zhou