Tongmuling Mining & Metallurgy Site was one of China’s top 10 new archaeological discoveries in 2016. 

 

Tongmuling Site is one of the ancient zinc smelting sites in China that is known to be the best-preserved with clear functions and abundant unearthed relics. It provides important materials for the study of distribution, function layout and smelting technology process of ancient smelting. It’s of great significance for the study of origin, development and communication of ancient zinc smelting technology in China.