Abstract
Abstract In 2014, Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology continued the investigation and excavations to the Mazongshan jade quarry sites in Subei County. In Jing-Bôr Pasture Locality, 10 material deposits, 11 ash pits, two ash ditches and 21 house foundations were recovered, the artifacts unearthed from which included potsherds, stone and bone implements, bronzes, iron objects, jade blanks, etc. In Hanyaozi Pasture Locality, six quarrying pits, one inclined shaft, two material deposits and one fortified remain were recovered. These excavations provided important materials for understanding the mining scale of the jade quarries, the structure and pattern of the quarrying settlements and the interrelationships among these quarrying settlements during the Warring-States Period through the Han Dynasty.
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