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A large shell mound site found near the Dianchi Lake offers a glimpse into the origin of ancient Dian culture and people's life in the region over 2,000 years ago. In 2020, the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology discovered the ruins during an infrastructure construction in Kunming City. In 2021, with the support of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, the archaeological work turned into an active excavation. The Guchengcun site covers an area of about 42,000 square meters, and the existing shell mound reaches 6.5 meters at the thickest point. The mound was formed by the alternating stacking of lime-soil layers and a large number of spiral snail shells whose tails were broken. The radiocarbon dating shows that the ruins are 2,500 to 3,600 years old, dating back to the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC-1046 BC) and the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-256 BC) in ancient China's Central Plains. The remains of the Zhou Dynasty are mainly residential ruins. Over 4,000 pieces of cultural relics including bronze, pottery, jade, stone, bone and wood artifacts have been unearthed.
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