Shangchen
上陈村 · Shangchen
paleolithic archaeological site in Shangchen village, Yushan town, Lantian County, Shaanxi, China
Contents
4 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Shangchen Palaeolithic Site
Welcome, students of history and prehistory, to the Shangchen site. We stand on a precipice of time, overlooking the Bahe River valley on the Loess Plateau. …
Listen in the app2The Stratigraphic Wall — A vertical library of time
Direct your gaze toward the exposed vertical cliff face. This is a stratigraphic sequence of breathtaking clarity. …
Listen in the app3The Tool-Maker's Workshop — Lithic technology
We move now to the areas where the most significant lithic artifacts were unearthed. Imagine a group of early hominins gathered here, their hands calloused, their eyes sharp. …
Listen in the app4Closing
As we conclude our journey through the Shangchen site, I hope you carry with you a sense of the vastness of human time. We often think of history in terms of centuries or a few millennia, but here at Shangchen, we are forced to…
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What is Shangchen?
Shangchen is a place in Shangchen with 4 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | Shangchen |
|---|---|
| Type | Heritage |
| Story sections | 4 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 34.2186, 109.4856 |
| Last updated |