Large Collection of Relies of Tsinan, Dec. 14.
One of the "largest single discoveries of ancient relics so far made in this country has been un-oathed at Tancheng, Shantung province, by the members of @ special expedition sent under the auspices of the Academia Sinica (Cen-I Research Council of the Na-
The whole collection, which has been removed from Tancheng to Tsinan, the provincial capital, is of particular interest to archaeologists and anthropologists and comprises a total of 24,070 relies, including:—15 ancient porcelain utensils,—21,136 pottery pieces, 327 stone "utensils, 1,693 pieces of bones and utensil made of bone or ivory, 915 household utensils made of oyster shells (mother-of-pearl), 60 horns, 1 jade ornament, 3 copper javelin heads, 1 copper knife coin (coin in the shape of a knife), 12 bones for divination, (foretelling of future.)
Experts are of the opinion that these relies belong to the period of the Dukedom of Tan in the Chou Dynasty (about 800 B.C.).
In the latter part of the Chow Dynasty, feudalism held full sway and the feudal lords were virtually Independent kings, powerful enough to defy the Emperor.
Tan was one of those numerous} small dukedoms and was finally conquered and annexed by the Duke of Chi, at one time the most powerful feudal lord in the Empire. The city of Tancheng, where the excavations! were made and the relics unearthed, was, according to the experts, the seat of the Dukedom on Tan about! 2500 years ago.—Kuo
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