AFTER one and a half years of excavation, archaeologists have unearthed thousands of relics and the remains of ancient houses and ash pits in the Dajinshan ruins, Northeast China’s Jilin Province.

The relics are believed to date back to between the Warring States Period (475 B.C.-221 B.C.) and early Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-25) with the help of radiocarbon dating.

The ruins, around 150 meters long and 100 meters wide, are located on a sand dune near Dajinshan Village in the city of Shuangliao, according to the School of Archaeology affiliated with the Jilin University. (Xinhua)