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Tanheli

Coordinates: 28°09′09″N 112°06′46″E / 28.15256418933271°N 112.11280976686477°E / 28.15256418933271; 112.11280976686477
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Tanheli
炭河里
Tanheli Site
Tanheli is located in Hunan
Tanheli
Location within Hunan
RegionHuangcai, Ningxiang, Hunan
Coordinates28°09′09″N 112°06′46″E / 28.15256418933271°N 112.11280976686477°E / 28.15256418933271; 112.11280976686477

Tanheli (Chinese: 炭河里; pinyin: Tànhélǐ) is an archaeological site in Ningxiang, Hunan, one of major national historical and cultural sites in Hunan.[1][2]

Situated in the upper reaches of the Wei River in Tanheli village, Huangcai town, Ningxiang, it is renowned as a Bronze Age cultural center in South China.[1][3] Tanheli is famous as the location where the Four-goat Square Zun and the Da He ding were excavated along with 300 other bronze relics.[1][4] It was identified as a site of the Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 11th century–771 BC). The core covers an area of 888,600 square metres (9,565,000 sq ft).[5]

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  • Wang Xijia (2014). 长沙史话 [A Brief History of Changsha] (in Chinese). Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press. ISBN 978-7-5097-6662-0.