Archaeologists in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, have unearthed three pieces of semicircular tiles dating back to the late Yangshao Culture period, according to the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.
These semicircular tile shards were found in the ruins of a semi-crypt house at the Matengkong Site, which is located in the Matengkong Village in Yanta District, with an area of about 30,000 square meters.
These tile shards are all argillaceous orange pottery exhibiting clear marks of cutting and processing and residual finger smear marks.