Chinese archaeologists have unearthed a well-preserved cluster of rare kilns dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 to 220 A.D.) in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

The six kilns cover an area of about 500 square meters on a hillside plateau near the Wujiang River in Hongdu Town, said Zhang Herong, an associate research fellow with the Guizhou Cultural Relics and Archeology Institute.

Plate and arched tiles, oblong bricks and pieces of pottery were unearthed at the site. The style of the bricks indicated the site was built during the Eastern Han Dynasty, said Zhang.

Adjacent to the kilns were a number of tombs made of similar bricks, indicating the kilns mainly made bricks and pottery figurines for tombs.

The find would help in the study of the production procedures of kilns in the Eastern Han Dynasty and contacts between Wujiang River communities by analyzing the distribution of the bricks, said Zhang.

Source: Xinhua