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Kuahuqiao is located at Xianghucun in Xiaoshan district, Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province

In the early 1970s, a large part of the site was discovered, when a local brick factory destroyed a large part of the site

Included in the archaeological assemblage is a cluster of wooden piles, laid on top of a long timber and a large rock. Up to 2.8m long. Some appear to have been worked, with traits of chopping and cutting; while others are unworked
There may have also been a rudder piece. (1)

The log may have been more 21 inches in diameter judging from measurements towards the prow. And, length was more than 18 feet

This ancient villages remains indicate that rice, dogs and pigs had already been domesticated. There were numerous well-preserved organic remains

Since the 1990s, archaeologists from the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology have uncovered and studied a large area here

They found fu (cauldron), guan (pot), pan (basin), dou (plate), and bo (bowl), as well as a large quantity of painted wares
The technology level is higher than other sites in same region.

Deposits suggest abandonment due to rising sea levels and marine

Check it out with some more neolithic arch today.

Bibliography: Discovery of an 8000 year old dugout canoe at Juahuqiao in the Lower Yangzi River, China, Leping Jian and Li Liu antinquilty.ac.uk