CHINA-HEBEI-ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY-HUMAN-SETTLED LIFE (CN)

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(230217) -- SHIJIAZHUANG, Feb. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Nov. 16, 2021 shows some beads of a neck decoration unearthed from the Sitai ruins in Shangyi County, north China's Hebei Province. China on Wednesday announced milestone archaeological discoveries in its northern region, showing humans' transition from a nomadic lifestyle in the Paleolithic Age to a settled life in the early Neolithic Age. More than 40 dwelling sites and 800 pieces of artifacts made of pottery, stone, bones, and shells have been discovered at the Sitai ruins covering an area of about 150,000 square meters in Shangyi County, Hebei Province, said the National Cultural Heritage Administration. TO GO WITH "China unearths archaeological evidence of humans' transition to settled life" (Xinhua)

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