ʻO nā mea hōʻikeʻike he hua laiki carbonized i hoʻomaka i ka 10,000 mau makahiki aku nei, nā ʻāpana o nā mea pena i pena ʻia, nā pōhaku wili a me nā pōhaku moe, a me nā ipu lepo nani a me nā kīʻaha i ʻeli ʻia. Ua hoʻohālikelike lākou i ka ulu ʻana o ka nohona, ka hoʻokele waiwai, a me ka moʻomeheu i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka mahiʻai raiki, a me ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana o nā kauhale o Kina a me ka hana ʻana i ka hana kaiāulu i nā lā mua.
Ua mālama ʻia kekahi seminar e pili ana i ka civilization o Kina a me Zhejiang ma ka National Museum of China ma ke ʻano he mea nui o ka hōʻike. Ua hui pū ʻia e nā kālaihonua kaulana mai Kina a me nā ʻāina ʻē. Ua mālama ʻia nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka waiwai o ka moʻomeheu Shangshan ma ka mōʻaukala a me kēia mau lā, a me ke kūlana o ka moʻomeheu i ka ʻāina Kina a me ke kanaka.
Ma ka seminar, ua hōʻike ʻo Polofesa Dorian Q Fuller mai ke Kulanui o London Institute of Archeology, mai kahi hiʻohiʻona honua, i ka waiwai o ka moʻomeheu Shangshan a me kāna hāʻawi ʻana i ka hoʻololi Neolithic. Ua wehewehe ʻo Li Liu, ke kaukaʻi ma ka Stanford Archeology Center, Stanford University i ka moʻomeheu Shangshan a me ke kumu o ka waina palaoa.
Aia ma ka waena a me ka haʻahaʻa o ka muliwai ʻo Yangtze ma Kina, ʻo ka kahua ʻo Shangshan kahi mamao loa i ʻike mua ʻia o ka mahiʻai raiki ma ka honua. Ma ke ʻano he kumu o ka mahiʻai laiki, noho ka moʻomeheu Shangshan i kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka moʻomeheu Kina.