Lajia

Lajia (Chinese喇 家 遗址, Pinyin Lǎjiā yízhǐ, Lajia - site ' ) is an in 2000 discovered Neolithic site mainly for the Qijia culture on the north bank of the Yellow River ( Huang He) in the village Lajia (喇 家村) the large village Guanting (官 亭镇) of the Autonomous Okrug Minhe Hui and Tu of the governmental district Haidong in the east of northwest China's Qinghai Province. The prehistoric approximately 4000 year old site covers an area of ​​200,000 square meters.

Excavations over 50 cm have been here long and 3 mm thin noodles made from millet ( Panicum miliaceum ) and foxtail millet ( Setaria italica ) recovered in a sealed earthenware bowl.

Here also a sound stone (dimensions 91 x 61 x 4 cm) was found ( Huang He qing wang黄河 磬 王" Klangstein King of the Yellow River " ), which is considered the largest of its kind in China.

The Lajia - site ( Lajia Yizhi喇 家 遗址) since 2001 has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 5-126 ).