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Updated: 2008-05-06 15:05

The History of Tibet

From Remote Antiquity to about the 20th Century B.C.
Ancient Tibet

Located in the southwestern border areas of China, Tibet, vast in territory and rich in resources has a long history. Human survival activities already existed on Tibet Plateau in the Pleistocene Period several ten thousand years ago. In recent years, archeologists have discovered stone axes, stone adzes and stone knives in the early Neolithic Age as well as large numbers of bone awls, pottery, cereals and bases of houses in Site of Ka-rub in eastern Tibet, Site of Chu-gong near Lhasa and others. All of them serve as a proof that early ancestors lived a sedentary life , giving the first place to agriculture and cultivation and the second to animal husbandry and hunting over five thousand years ago. And they had cultural exchanges with other regions.

 

Stone axes implement of production, the mid-Neolithic Age, unearthed in Site of Ka-rub, Chab-mdo County.

Stone adzes with regular edges implement for chopping and digging, the mid-neolithic Age, unearthed in Site of Ka-rub , Chab-mdo County.

Bone awls bone implement, the mid-Neolithic Age, made of animal bones, unearthed in Site of Ka-rub, Chab-mdo County.

Stone knives with holes implement of production, the mid-Neolithic Age, unearthed in Site of Ka-rub, Chab-mdo County. lts manufacturing workmanship 15 similar to traditional ones in Yangshao Culture and Longshan Culture of the mainland.

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