The Tuanjie site lies on a stretch of flat land about 150m east of Tuanjie village, Haketownship, Hailar city, Hulun Buir league, Inner Mongolia, 20km east of Hailar city proper, and 2kinsouth of the Hailar River. It was surveyed in October, 1999, by the Inner Mongolian ArchaeologicalTeam, IA, CASS, in cooperation with the Hulun Buir League Nationality Museum, which resulted in thecollection of more than 170 stone, jade, pottery, bone and tooth objects. The stone tools are the most,numbering 151, largely made by pressure flaking and partly by chipping and polishing. The stone arrowheads and blades are neatly shaped and exquisitely retouched, representing the highest level of themicrolith-making technology in the Hulun Buir steppe. The jades total 7, belong to the types of axe,adze, bi disc, ring, bead, etc., and form the group largest in number among the Neolithic jade localitiesknown so far in the Hulun Buir steppe. The pottery vessels are mainly jars and bo bowls made by buildingclay rings and mostly decorated with various designs on the surface. The painted ware bears black-on-redpatterns with triangles and narrow zigzags as the main motifs. This is the first time that Neolithic paintedpottery has been discovered in the Hulun Buir steppe, and the site is the northmost among the localities ofNeolithic painted pottery recorded so far in China. A comparative study with related remains such as theAng' angxi, Xishuiquan and Xiduanliangshan sites shows that the Tuanjie site dates from about 6000-5500BP. Thus the discovery makes up the gap of that period in the archaeological study of the Hulun Buirsteppe.
In the year of 2000，we joyfully welcome in a new century and will celebrate the publication of 400 numbers of the present journal since its initiation．To push forward the Chinese archaeological cause，the Office of Archaeological Publication invited specialists and scholars in various fields to a large-scale conversation by writing under the topic“Archaeology：Reviews and Prospects at the Turn of the Century．”The content of the conversation includes world archaeology，Eurasian archaeology，Chinese archaeology，archaeology of Sino-foreign exchanges，comparative studies of Chinese and foreign archaeology，the scientization of Chinese archaeology，archaeology and history，prehistori carchaeology，studies of ancient jades，scientific and technological archaeology，the application of drilling techniques and other important problems of archaeological theory and practice．
The Deer Stone is an important cultural remain which is scattered a lot in Mongolia,mainly in the west and northwest areas It is also found in the Eurasian grasslands but very little in quantity as for its age,there exist many different views for a long time Actually the Deer stone displays a way of personification of stone statue,so we usually can find carved weapons and tools on the waist of it Nevertheless,we can deduce the age according to these carvings Archaeological discoveries in the northern-grasslands of China show that the carvings on Deer stone are all the typical vessels that were very popular in the late Shang period Such as the beast-headed or bell-headed short sword with curved handle,the beast-headed sword with upright blade dagger,the ring-headed or double ring-headed short sword,the mushroom-headed short sword,the tub-shaped hatchet,the arrow-shaped vessels and etc Thus lead us to the conclusion that most of the Deer Stones must be of the late Bronze Age (11-7BC) As for the Deer stone culture’s Similarity in some aspects to that of cultures like Lijiaya,Weiyingzi,third phase of Weifang culture or Xiajiadian culture in the north parts of China,that reflects the northern grasslands bronze culture of China left a strong influence on the cultures of
