The Shang City Site of Shixianggou is located near Shixianggou Village on the northern banks of the Luohe River, southwest of Yanshi County in Henan Province.
The Shang City Site of Shixianggou is about six kilometers away from Erlitou Site. First excavated in 1983, the city site is rectangular in shape and covers an area of about 1.9 million square meters. The whole site, which is buried underground is well preserved, except for the southern wall which has collapsed by the rushing Luohe River. Walls to its east, west and north sides were built with rammed earth. The city has seven gates and interlaced streets extending in all directions. In the south of the city site are three small cities arranged in an orderly fashion with a symmetrically distributed palace site in the central city.
According to historical records, the Shang City of Shixianggou is a site from the early Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC).
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