Abstract
The purpose of this study is characteristics of Erdaojingzi site in Chifeng among the research findings on the Lower Xiajiadian Culture.
 The average depth of the cultural deposit at the site was about 8 metres and remains of the surrounding moat and city walls were excavated. The city walls are located within the moat's boundaries. A gentle slope of cultural deposit has formed within the city walls and a number of house remains were found lying along the top of the city walls. The site lies on the slopes of the hills lying to the north of the village of Erdaojingzi in the Hongshan District in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, and encompasses an area of around 30,000 square metres. A rescue excavation was conducted on the site by the Inner Mongolia Cultural Relics and Archaeology Institute in April 2009, during which time some 5,200 square metres was uncovered.
 The site itself is thought to be one of the best preserved Lower Xiajiadian culture sites discovered to date and the structures discovered at the site have survived intact. The moat, city walls, courtyards, building foundations, vaults and roadways have provided scholars with a wealth of new information on the settlement patterns and social organization of that period
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