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Yangshao Culture

Yangshao Culture [CP].
Early Neolithic culture dating to 5000–3000 BC in north-central China, also known as the Painted Pottery Neolithic, named after the type-site of Yangshao in Mianchi Xian, western Henan Province. The agricultural economy was based on millet, complemented by domesticated dogs and pigs. Projectile points suggest that hunting was also practised. Their material culture includes coarse and painted pottery with many regional styles. Markings on some pottery have been interpreted as incipient writing. Some copper and bronze objects have been found associated with Yangshao pottery in the far western extent of the distribution of this culture.

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