Shuidonggou
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Shuidonggou section of the Great Wall (水洞沟)|thumb Shuidonggou is an archaeological site and tourist attraction in Ordos, Yinchuan, Ningxia. It is the earliest paleolithic site in China, dating from over 30,000 years ago, and one of the AAAAA Tourist Attractions of China, a list of the most important and best-maintained tourist attractions in the People's Republic of China.
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- archaeological site
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Lingwu
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- 水洞沟遗址.jpg
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- catalog code
- 185
- heritage designation
- Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level
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- Shuidonggou
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Shuidonggou section of the Great Wall (水洞沟)|thumb Shuidonggou is an archaeological site and tourist attraction in Ordos, Yinchuan, Ningxia. It is the earliest paleolithic site in China, dating from over 30,000 years ago, and one of the AAAAA Tourist Attractions of China, a list of the most important and best-maintained tourist attractions in the People's Republic of China.
==History== left|thumb|Ostrich eggshell ornaments from Shuidonggou, Paleozoological Museum of China Human occupation of the site took place in the Late Pleistocene to Middle Holocene. Over 50,000 individual items have been collected from the site.
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